Term with literal meaning of "above" in German. Brought to the mainstream in the early 80's by hardcore American punk band, the Dead Kennedys when using the term in the anti-Californian government song "California Uber Alles", which is a take off the German motto of "Deustchland Uber Alles", which translates to "Germany above all." The term was picked up in their native California stomping grounds by the typical surfers and "punks" and extended from there to many teenagers, the majority of which use the term online.

That was uber-lame.

Uber by God. January 2, 2004

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(1) german word for "above" or "over" (correct spelling "über")
(2) Became popular in the american language through its occurence in a phrase of the old nazi-time german anthem, re-used by punk bands ("california über alles")
(3) Is now used as a substitute for "really" or "very" etc.

(1) Ich sehe die Sterne über mir (I see the stars above me)
(2) "...Deutschland über Alles..." (Germany above All Things)
(3) This website is über-informative

uber by rastarulor May 24, 2004

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n. Ride sharing company/ app lets you request a ride from virtually anywhere

v. The act of using a ride sharing app to get to your desired location, doesn't have to be uber specifically can be lyft or any other ride sharing app

n. I'm going to check uber to see how much it would be to go to Santa Monica

v. Jasmine: Are we going to uber to the bars?
Diana: Yeah but we should uber with lyft because it's cheaper!

uber by rarisandrovas April 23, 2017

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"über" is the German word for "above" or "over". It does not literally translate as "super" in English, but this is how it is usually translated in compounds.

über Nacht - overnight
Übermensch - Superman

über by A real German person May 13, 2005

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