"Ober" meaning in German

See Ober in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈoːbɐ/ Audio: De-Ober.ogg
Etymology: Shorter form of Oberkellner (“head waiter”). Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Ober m (strong, genitive Obers, plural Ober) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Obers [genitive], Ober [plural], strong [table-tags], Ober [nominative, singular], Ober [definite, nominative, plural], Obers [genitive, singular], Ober [definite, genitive, plural], Ober [dative, singular], Obern [dative, definite, plural], Ober [accusative, singular], Ober [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (dated) waiter (usually the head waiter, but sometimes any waiter) Tags: dated, masculine, strong Synonyms: Kellner
    Sense id: en-Ober-de-noun-3GlRPCDj
  2. (card games) over knave, queen Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Ober-de-noun-4EnHx2qy Categories (other): Card games, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Topics: card-games, games

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ober"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ober"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Shorter form of Oberkellner (“head waiter”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Obers",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ober",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ober",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ober",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Obers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ober",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ober",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Obern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ober",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ober",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Ober m (strong, genitive Obers, plural Ober)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "waiter (usually the head waiter, but sometimes any waiter)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ober-de-noun-3GlRPCDj",
      "links": [
        [
          "waiter",
          "waiter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) waiter (usually the head waiter, but sometimes any waiter)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Kellner"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Card games",
          "orig": "de:Card games",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "over knave, queen"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ober-de-noun-4EnHx2qy",
      "links": [
        [
          "card game",
          "card game"
        ],
        [
          "over knave",
          "over knave"
        ],
        [
          "queen",
          "queen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(card games) over knave, queen"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoːbɐ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Ober.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/De-Ober.ogg/De-Ober.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/De-Ober.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ober"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ober"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ober"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Shorter form of Oberkellner (“head waiter”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Obers",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ober",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ober",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ober",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Obers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ober",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ober",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Obern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ober",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ober",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Ober m (strong, genitive Obers, plural Ober)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German dated terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "waiter (usually the head waiter, but sometimes any waiter)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "waiter",
          "waiter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) waiter (usually the head waiter, but sometimes any waiter)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Kellner"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Card games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "over knave, queen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "card game",
          "card game"
        ],
        [
          "over knave",
          "over knave"
        ],
        [
          "queen",
          "queen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(card games) over knave, queen"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoːbɐ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Ober.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/De-Ober.ogg/De-Ober.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/De-Ober.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ober"
}

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