Meanings
alternative über- · alternative ueber-
- 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 801 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 B1Synonyms: super-, supra-, hyper-, ultra-, macro-, arch-, over-, mega-
Synonyms & antonyms
prefixSuper; really; mega-.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*ubiri
- Germanüber
- Germanüber-
- Englishuber-
Borrowed from German über-. Doublet of over-.
More words from German
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
uber-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uber-
“uber-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uber-. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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