ober

See also: Ober and ober-

Breton

Etymology

Verbal noun from Old Breton oper, from Latin opera (cf. Cornish ober, Welsh gober). Inflected forms in gr- or gwr- are from Proto-Brythonic *gwrėɣɨd, from Proto-Celtic *wregeti, cognate with Welsh gwneud (older forms with initial gwr-) and Cornish gwul (all forms in gwr-).

Verb

ober

  1. (transitive) to do, make
  2. (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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ober
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
indicative present gran grez gra greomp grit greont greer
preterite gris grejout greas grejomp grejoc'h grejont grejod
imperfect graen graes grae graemp graec'h graent graed
future grin gri gray, graio graimp greot graint greor
subjunctive present grafen grafes grafe grafemp grafec'h grafent grafed
imperfect grajen grajes graje grajemp grajec'h grajent grajed
imperative — gra graet greomp grit graent —
non-finite forms present participle past participle
oc'h ober graet (auxiliary verb: kaout)

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • ober goap

Cornish

Etymology

From Latin opera (“work”). Cognate with Breton ober, Irish and Scottish Gaelic obair, Manx obbyr, and Welsh gober. Doublet of opera.

Noun

ober m (plural oberow)

  1. work
    Synonyms: gonis, gweyth, hwel, lavur
  2. act
    Synonyms: akt, gwrians, parth
  3. deed
    Synonym: gwrians
  4. exercise

Derived terms

  • badd-ober (“bad deed”)
  • begh ober (“workload”)
  • da ober (“good deed”)
  • drogober (“crime”)
  • hager ober (“crime”)
  • hwel ober (“industry”)
  • ober mas (“good deed”)
  • ober tre (“homework”)
  • oberador m (“operator”)
  • oberadores f (“operator”)
  • oberadow (“argument”)
  • oberedh (“work (physics)”)
  • oberen (“job, task”)
  • oberer m (“worker”)
  • oberi (“to act, create, operate, work”, verb)
  • oberores f (“worker”)
  • oberwas (“servant”)
  • oberyans (“operation”)
  • omoberi (“exercise”, verb)
  • rann ober (“task”)
  • shoppa ober (“workshop”)
  • tebel ober (“evil deed”)

Verb

ober

  1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of oberi
  2. second-person singular imperative of oberi

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈobɛr]
  • Rhymes: -obɛr
  • Hyphenation: ober

Verb

ober

  1. 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

  • IPA(key): /ˈoːbər/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oːbər

Noun

ober m (plural obers, diminutive obertje n)

  1. 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

  • Audio:(file)

Preposition

ober [with dative]

  1. (Austria, South Tyrol) over, above
    Synonym: oberhalb
    Ober der Eingangstür hängt ein Schild.
    Over the entrance door there's a sign hanging.

See also

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ober.

Noun

ober m (plural oberi)

  1. (dated) head waiter

Declension

Declension of ober
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative ober oberul oberi oberii
genitive-dative ober oberului oberi oberilor
vocative oberule oberilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ober.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǒːber/
  • Hyphenation: o‧ber

Noun

óber m anim (Cyrillic spelling о́бер)

  1. (regional, Kajkavian, dated) waiter

References

  • “ober”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech obr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.bɛr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔbɛr
  • Syllabification: o‧ber

Noun

ober m pers

  1. giant
    Synonym: gigant
noun

Further reading

  • Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “ober”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian dialects] (in Polish), Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 192
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