uber-

/ˈu.bə(ɹ)/

prefix

Super; really; mega-.

Meanings

prefix

alternative über- · alternative ueber-

  1. augmentativeslangSuper; really; mega-.

    And Gisele Bündchen was known as an uber-model, over and above super-models.

    2004 April 3, “Payne hopes for Uber-horse - Gelding fashionably attired for $3m race”, in The Weekend Australian, page 80
    1 more example

    Uber-fans forget that even a sporting arena is a public place, not the living room; and that in public places certain rules of conduct apply.

    2004 January 11, “This Is No Place For Noise”, in Albuquerque Journal, page B1

    Synonyms: super-, supra-, hyper-, ultra-, macro-, arch-, over-, mega-

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*ubiri
  4. Germanüber
  5. Germanüber-
  6. Englishuber-

Borrowed from German über-. Doublet of over-.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Danish mega-, over-
  • mega-slang: super, really, mega-
  • over-slang: super, really, mega-
  • super-slang: super, really, mega-
  • hyper- (exaggerative)slang: super, really, mega-
Finnish super-, über-
  • super-slang: super, really, mega-
  • über-slang: super, really, mega-
French mega-, super-
  • mega-slang: super, really, mega-
  • super-slang: super, really, mega-
German über-, ober-
  • über-slang: super, really, mega-
  • ober-slang: super, really, mega-
  • mega-slang: super, really, mega-
Hungarian über
  • überslang: super, really, mega-
Polish uber-
  • uber-slang: super, really, mega-
Spanish mega-, super-
  • mega-slang: super, really, mega-
  • super-slang: super, really, mega-
Cite this entry
APA

uber-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uber-

MLA

“uber-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uber-. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uber-,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uber-.

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