Übermut

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German übermuot, from Old High German ubarmuot, ubermuot. By surface analysis, über- +‎ Mut.

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Übermut

  1. The letter Ü in the German spelling alphabet.
    variants: Übel (in Austria), uniform echo (spelling of the digraph ue)/uniform with umlaut (international)

Noun

Übermut m (strong, genitive Übermutes or Übermuts, no plural)

  1. high spirits, cockiness

Declension

Declension of Übermut
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Übermut
genitive eines des Übermutes, Übermuts
dative einem dem Übermut, Übermute1
accusative einen den Übermut

1Now rare, see notes.

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