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Über (, sometimes written uber ) in English language publications, is a German language word meaning "over", "above" or "across". It is an etymological twin with German ''ober'', and is cognate (through Proto-Germanic) with English ''over'', Dutch ''over'' and Icelandic ''yfir'', among other Germanic languages. It is also distantly cognate to both Latin ''super'' and Greek ὑπέρ (''hyper''), through Proto-Indo-European. It is relatively well-known within Anglophone communities due to its occasional use as a hyphenated prefix in informal English, usually for emphasis. The German word is properly spelled with an umlaut, while the spelling of the English loanword varies. ==In German== In German, ''über'' is a preposition, as well as being used as a prefix. Both uses indicate a state or action involving increased elevation or quantity in the physical sense, or superiority or excess in the abstract. :elevation: ''"überdacht"'' - roof-covered, roofed, (reconsidered, thought over ) (''überdacht'' (from ''Dach'' (roof)) means roof-covered, roofed while ''überdacht'' (from the strong verb ''denken''-(''gedacht'' ) (''think'', ''thought'', ''thought'') means reconsidered, thought over) :quantity: ''"über 100 Meter"'' - more than 100 meters, ''"Überschall"'' - supersonic :superiority: ''"überlegen"'' - (adj) superior, elite, predominant. (verb) to consider :excess: ''"übertreiben"'' - to exaggerate, ''"überfüllt"'' - overcrowded As a preposition, ''übers meaning depends on its context. For example, ''über etwas sprechen'' – to speak about something, ''über die Brücke'' – across the bridge. ''Über'' also translates to ''over'', ''above'', ''meta'', but mainly in compound words. The actual translation depends on context. One example would be Nietzsche's term ''Übermensch'', discussed below; another example is the Deutschlandlied, which begins with the well-known words "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles" meaning "Germany, Germany above everything" (this strophe is not sung anymore, because it is mistaken as meaning "Germany above the rest of the world"; its original meaning was the German nation above its constituent states (Hanover, Württemberg etc. )). The German word ''unter'', meaning ''beneath'' or ''under'', is antonymous to ''über''. ''Unter'' can be found in words such as U-Bahn (''Untergrundbahn'' – subway), U-Boot (''Unterseeboot'' – submarine), as well as toponyms, such as Unter den Linden. Grammatically, ''über'' belongs to that set of German prepositions that can govern either the accusative case or the dative case ("''an, auf, hinter, in, neben, über, unter, vor, zwischen''"). The choice is determined by whether the prepositional phrase indicates movement (accusative) or an unmoving state (dative). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Über」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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