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Breton
Etymology
Verbal noun from Old Breton oper, from Latin opera (cf. Cornish ober, Welsh gober). Inflected forms in gr- or gwr-, itself from Proto-Celtic *wregeti, cognate with Welsh gwneud (older forms with initial gwr-) and Cornish gwul (all forms in gwr-).
Verb
ober
- (transitive) to do, make
- (auxiliary) used as an auxiliary verb to conjugate any verb
Gwerzhañ a ran ma zi hiziv.- I sell my house today ("Sell I do my house today").
Usage notes
- All forms with initial gr- occur after the verbal particle (a, e) and mutate irregularly so that the initial g- disappears, e.g. a ran, e reomp instead of *a c'hran, *e c'hreomp. This oddity comes from the old forms in gwr-: the initial gw- was being lenited to w-, and then the -w- was dropped in both lenited and non-lenited forms.
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Czech
Pronunciation
Verb
ober
- second-person singular imperative of obrat
Dutch
Etymology
From German Ober, short for Oberkellner (“head waiter”). Compare Dutch kelner, which is also borrowed from German. In both Dutch and German, the distinction between ober/Ober and kelner/Kellner is now neglected.
Pronunciation
Noun
ober m (plural obers, diminutive obertje n)
- waiter
- Ober, mag ik de menukaart alstublieft? ― Waiter, may I have the menu please?
- De obers waren druk bezig met het serveren van de gasten. ― The waiters were busy serving the guests.
- Dat obertje was erg behulpzaam en vriendelijk. ― That young waiter was very helpful and friendly.
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Preposition
ober
- (Austria, South Tyrol) over, above
- Synonym: oberhalb
Ober der Eingangstür hängt ein Schild.- Over the entrance door there's a sign hanging.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Ober.
Noun
ober m (plural oberi)
- (dated) head waiter
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Ober.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǒːber/
- Hyphenation: o‧ber
Noun
óber m (Cyrillic spelling о́бер)
- (regional, Kajkavian, dated) waiter
References
- “ober” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Silesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Czech obr.
Pronunciation
Noun
ober m pers
- giant
- Synonym: gigant
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Further reading
- Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “ober”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 192