Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

über alles

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables: uber alles
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Invokes a perception of the specified country as superior to others, or having a supreme status when compared to others.

Humorous

Example Sentences

"Similarly, British Finance Capitalism forced back to its last line of defence will cry: "Britain über alles" though for the moment, Socialism having neglected Scottish Nationalism [..]"
"Pax Americana and all that bullshit? Grissom said. 'America über alles. You want to make the rest of the world our slaves.'"

Etymology

From the verse Deutschland, Deutschland über alles, über alles in der Welt (“Germany, Germany above all, above all in the world”), from the German national anthem Lied der Deutschen, composed by Joseph Haydn in 1797. The verse originally meant that the Germans and their rulers have to overcome existing divisions and keep in mind the goal of a unified Germany.

Usage

Humorous

Questions

What does über alles mean?: Invokes a perception of the specified country as superior to others, or having a supreme status when compared to others.
Where does über alles come from?: From the verse Deutschland, Deutschland über alles, über alles in der Welt (“Germany, Germany above all, above all in the world”), from the German national anthem Lied der Deutschen, composed by Joseph Haydn in 1797. The verse originally meant that the Germans and their rulers have to overcome existing divisions and keep in mind the goal of a unified Germany.

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