überwärts

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German

Etymology

über +‎ -wärts

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈyːbɐˌvɛʁt͡s/
  • Hyphenation: über‧wärts

Adverb

überwärts

  1. upwards
    • 1912, Martin Luther, Lutherbibel von 1912, Ezekiel 1:27 (with KJV translation)
      Und ich sah, und es war lichthell, und inwendig war es gestaltet wie ein Feuer um und um. Von seinen Lenden überwärts und unterwärts sah ich's wie Feuer glänzen um und um.
      And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.

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