Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

über

/jˈubɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English

Syllables: uber
IPA: /jˈubɚ/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of uber.

adv

Alternative form of uber.

Example Sentences

"I'm wearing baggy jeans, an oversize sweatshirt and a straw hat sprouting a straw daisy. I'm hideous. An über eyesore."
"The premise: Mankind’s survival is tethered to an über mother figure."
"His version of masculinity is a parody of an über male (complete with the goose-steppy authoritarian umlaut)."
"I can't tell you how frustrated we get when we see Transgressive being described as an über hip or trendy label."
"It's a stupid, talentless competition which is über camp so they send Jedward."
"For the über adventurous, individual tent sites are available."

Questions

How do you pronounce über?: The recorded pronunciation is /jˈubɚ/.
What does über mean?: Alternative form of uber.

How to pronounce über

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