över

== Low German == === Alternative forms === öber, öwer (variant spellings) aver, over (many dialects) äver (some eastern unrounding dialects) oaver, öaver, üever, uover, üöver (Westphalian) === Etymology === From Middle Low German över, from Old Saxon *uƀiri, from Proto-West Germanic *ubiri. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈœːvər/, /ˈøːvər/ === Adverb === över over, above (postpositional) over (implying motion) remaining, left over (in compounds) excessively, more than passing by, going away === Preposition === över over about, concerning ==== Inflection ==== == Swedish == === Alternative forms === öfver (obsolete since 1906) öfwer, oͤfwer (obsolete) === 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] === Adverb === över (not comparable) over; above; more than over; across (hand) over, (send) over, (transfer) over; transfer (ball games) over the goal ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “more than”): under ==== Derived terms ==== överkurs (“advanced course; extra step; overevaluation”) === Preposition === över above over; across over; covering or worn over something else past; after the latest full hour or, if used in the phrase "fem över halv", the latest half-hour Antonym: i ==== Synonyms ==== (above): ovanför ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “above”): nedan, nedanför, under === Postposition === över over; all over ==== 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") === See also === komma över hänga över sig över- övre överst överste === References === över in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) === Anagrams === övre