över

See also: over, Over, oever, Över, øver, over-, and över-

Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German över, from Old Saxon ovar, from Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber, from Proto-Indo-European *upéri, from *upér, from *upo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈøːvər/

Adverb

över

  1. over, above
  2. (postpositional) over (implying motion)
  3. remaining, left over
  4. (in compounds) excessively, more than
  5. passing by, going away

Preposition

över

  1. over
  2. about, concerning

Inflection

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Swedish ivir, yvir, ø̄wer, from Runic Swedish ufiR, from Old Norse yfir, from Proto-Germanic *ubiri, from Proto-Indo-European *upéri, from *upér, from *upo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈøːvɛr/, [ˈøə̯vɛ̠r]
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Adverb

över (not comparable)

  1. above; more than
    Över femhundra kom
    More than five hundred came.
  2. (ball games) over the goal
    Han sköt bollen över.
    He shot the ball over the goal.

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of more than): under

Derived terms

  • överkurs (advanced course; extra step; overevaluation)

Preposition

över

  1. above
  2. over; across
    Det finns en bro över floden.
    There is a bridge over the river.
  3. over; about clothes worn over something else
  4. past; after the latest full hour or, if used in the phrase "fem över halv", the latest half-hour
    Antonym: i
    Middag börjar att serveras fem [minuter] över sex på kvällen.
    Dinner will begin to be served five [minutes] past six in the evening.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Postposition

över

  1. over; all over
    Jag har sökt efter den landet över.
    I have searched for it all over the land.

Usage notes

Normally a preposition, this över is used as a postposition in the expression världen över = all over the world (cf. "the whole world over")

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