övre

== Hungarian == === Etymology === öv (“belt”) +‎ -re (“onto”, case suffix) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈøvrɛ] Hyphenation: öv‧re === Noun === övre sublative singular of öv == Swedish == === Alternative forms === öfre (obsolete since 1906) === Etymology === From Old Norse øfri, efri. === Adjective === övre upper övre våningen upper floor northern övre Norrland northern Norrland ==== Usage notes ==== In geographic names like Övre Volta (“Upper Volta, now Burkina Faso”), upper means higher, upstream. But there is no such meaning in övre Norrland. The word looks like a comparative form of över-övre-överst, but över is a preposition and not an adjective. ==== See also ==== över överst === Further reading === “övre”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === över, över-