üöver

Low German

Alternative forms

  • üöwer (variant spelling)
  • öaver; oaver, uover; üever

Etymology

From Middle Low German ȫver. The diphthong /y̆œ/ continues the umlaut of Old Saxon o-. The form is thus from a merger of Proto-West Germanic *obar and *ubiri (that is, **obiri). The variants uover /ˈu̯ɔvər/ and üever /ˈyə̯vər/ reflect the regular outcomes of both forms respectively.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈy̆œvər/

Preposition

üöver (parts of Westphalian, especially Münsterland)

  1. over, above; regional form of aver, över
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