Vokabahn

über

Vokabahn
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über

Pronunciation: /ˈyːbɐ/

[with accusative] about, concerning, over, at (in reference to)

The German preposition über means about, concerning, over, at in English.

A1 rank #47

All meanings of über

Preposition
  1. [with accusative] about, concerning, over, at (in reference to)
  2. [with accusative or dative] above, over (spatially)
  3. [with accusative] via, through, by way of
  4. [with accusative] across
Postposition
  1. throughout; all through
Adjective
  1. left over, remaining, replaces übrig in all its predicative instances, including those lexicalized as verb prefixoids
Adverb
  1. over (in certain select phrases)

über in a German sentence

Soll ich Ihnen mal was über Australien erzählen?

Shall I tell you something about Australia?

Forms of über

Akkusativ / Dativ