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im sorry for being a noob here, but can someone tell me what "uber" refers to?

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Old 09-17-2004, 08:04 AM
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im sorry for being a noob here, but can someone tell me what "uber" refers to?
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uber means "over" in German. but people seem to use it as pigeon German to mean "super"
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Default thanks. it always seemed to be in place of and adj like super
but i tried translator and diddnt get anything close. oh well thanks for the clarification.
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it should have an umlaut (two dots) over the u, don't know if that would effect the translator
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Default It means "Im better than you".
That's how its interpreted. Over in the sense of 'over you' in power, status, whatever.
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i'm too dumb to figure out how to do umlauts
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When referring to a hot car, germans usually say "GEIL"
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u gotta be sh*ttin me, especially with your login name!
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i **** you not... but thanks for the smart *** reply :-)
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