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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
1913, Walther Kabel, Ein gefährliches Abenteuer, Georg E. Nagel, page 4:Die See lag wie ein Spiegel da, und nur hin und wieder rauschte eine Brandungswelle gegen das sandige Ufer.- The sea lay there like a mirror, and only now and then a breaking wave swept against the sandy shore.
- (of a river) bank
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Further reading
- “Ufer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Ufer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Ufer” in Duden online