Ufer

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German uover, ūver, ūber, possibly from northern Old High German *uofar, but usually considered a borrowing from Middle Low German ōver, ȫver, from Old Saxon *ōvar, *ōvir, from Proto-Germanic *ōferaz. Cognate with Dutch oever, Low German Över, English over (“shore, riverbank”). The native High German word for “shore” is Gestade. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈuːfɐ/ Hyphenation: Ufer === Noun === Ufer n (strong, genitive Ufers, plural Ufer) shore, shoreline (of a river) bank ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Flussufer n (“riverbank”) über die Ufer treten (“to overflow its banks”) anderes Ufer (“being gay, queerness”) === Further reading === “Ufer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Ufer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Ufer” in Duden online