Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·german ·1990s
Über
from über
- Meaning
- Over, above — used as an English intensifier.
- Source word
- über
- Route into English
- Nietzsche's *Übermensch* via 20th-c. philosophy; the slang prefix ("über-cool") spread in 1990s American English. The Uber rideshare app (2009) doubled down.
- Arrived
- 1990s
English borrows.
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