I am not dumb, but the term UBER seems to be used in many countries, for many things.
I understands the origins were from Germany... BUT could someone PLEASE C & P my post and show me exactly WHAT the letters stand for;
U =
B =
E =
R =
Thank You
Ladybbird show me exactly WHAT the letters stand for;U =B =E =R = You're barking up the wrong tree. The individual letters don't stand for anything. über is a German preposition that translates into English as by, about, over, via, above, or across .
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Ladybbirdshow me exactly WHAT the letters stand for;U =B =E =R =
You're barking up the wrong tree. The individual letters don't stand for anything.
über is a German preposition that translates into English as by, about, over, via, above, or across.
It was taken over into English as the prefix uber, denoting an outstanding o
It is like asking what the letters in the word "over" mean. It is not a acronym. It is a word and a prefix.
The origin of the word is from the Proto-Germanic language: *uberi (source also of Old Saxon obar, Old Frisian over, Old Norse yfir, Old High German ubar, German über, Gothic ufar "over, above")
The prefix has entered English from the German, as in Übermensch (superman), so