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

Personal forms
	Indicative				Conditional		Imperative
	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Present	Imperfect
1s	gran	graen	gris	grin	grafen	grajen	-
2s	grez	graes	grejout	gri	grafes	grajes	gra
3s	gra	grae	greas	gray, graio	grafe	graje	graet
1p	greomp	graemp	grejomp	graimp	grafemp	grajemp	greomp
2p	grit	graec'h	grejoc'h	greot	grafec'h	grajec'h	grit
3p	greont	graent	grejont	graint	grafent	grajent	graent
0	greer	graed	grejod	greor	grafed	grajed	-
Impersonal forms					Mutated forms
Infinitive		ober, gober			Soft mutation after a		a ra-
Present participle		oc'h ober			Mixed mutation after e		e ra-
Past participle		graet (auxiliary verb: kaout)			Soft mutation after ne/na		ne/na ra-

Alternative forms

• gober

Derived terms

• ober goap

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:

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• 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

• boer, bore

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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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

• ober-
• oberer
• oben
• Ober

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ober.

Noun

ober m (plural oberi)

1. (dated) head waiter

Declension

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Ober.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

óber m (Cyrillic spelling о́бер)

1. (regional, Kajkavian, dated) waiter

References

• “ober”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech obr.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ober m pers

1. giant

   Synonym: gigant

Related terms

noun

• obry

 

Further reading

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