"überhaupt" meaning in German

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Adverb

IPA: /ˌyːbɐˈhaʊ̯pt/ Audio: De-überhaupt.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German überhoubet, equivalent to über- + Haupt. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|überhoubet}} Middle High German überhoubet, {{af|de|über-|Haupt}} über- + Haupt Head templates: {{head|de|adverb||||am {{{2}}}|head=|sort=}} überhaupt, {{de-adv}} überhaupt
  1. overall, in general
    Sense id: en-überhaupt-de-adv-EjQTS0gw Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms prefixed with über- Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 43 24 33 0 Disambiguation of German terms prefixed with über-: 66 31 3 0
  2. at all; anyway
    Sense id: en-überhaupt-de-adv-WnXXZJir
  3. actually
    Sense id: en-überhaupt-de-adv-5MBcVluM
  4. even
    Sense id: en-überhaupt-de-adv-7DgGPIgf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: überhaupt erst (english: in the first place)
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    {
      "word": "überhaupt nicht"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "in the first place",
      "word": "überhaupt erst"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "überhaupt",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: überhaupt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: überhaupt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "li",
            "2": "uberhaup",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Limburgish: uberhaup",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Limburgish: uberhaup"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "überhoubet"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German überhoubet",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "über-",
        "3": "Haupt"
      },
      "expansion": "über- + Haupt",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German überhoubet, equivalent to über- + Haupt.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "adverb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "am {{{2}}}",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "überhaupt",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "überhaupt",
      "name": "de-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 24 33 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 31 3 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German terms prefixed with über-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "One will easily notice besides, that it has only held on, where overall there has been an active receptiveness for poetry or a phantasy still not extinguished by the vicissitudes of life.",
          "roman": "Leicht wird man übrigens bemerken, daß sie nur da gehaftet, wo überhaupt eine regere Empfänglichkeit für Poesie oder eine noch nicht von den Verkehrtheiten des Lebens ausgelöschte Phantasie gewesen.",
          "text": "1812, the Brothers Grimm, Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Berlin, die Realschulbuchhandlung, page VIII",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "overall, in general"
      ],
      "id": "en-überhaupt-de-adv-EjQTS0gw",
      "links": [
        [
          "overall",
          "overall"
        ],
        [
          "in general",
          "in general"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              24,
              30
            ]
          ],
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            [
              13,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Are you listening to me at all?",
          "text": "Hört ihr mir überhaupt zu?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "at all; anyway"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "at all",
          "at all"
        ],
        [
          "anyway",
          "anyway"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "actually"
      ],
      "id": "en-überhaupt-de-adv-5MBcVluM",
      "links": [
        [
          "actually",
          "actually"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "even"
      ],
      "id": "en-überhaupt-de-adv-7DgGPIgf",
      "links": [
        [
          "even",
          "even"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "überhaupt"
}
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "überhaupt nicht"
    }
  ],
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    "German adverbs",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms prefixed with über-",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "in the first place",
      "word": "überhaupt erst"
    }
  ],
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        {
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            "2": "überhaupt",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: überhaupt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Dutch: überhaupt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
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            "1": "li",
            "2": "uberhaup",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Limburgish: uberhaup"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "überhoubet"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "über-",
        "3": "Haupt"
      },
      "expansion": "über- + Haupt",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German überhoubet, equivalent to über- + Haupt.",
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "adverb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "überhaupt",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "überhaupt",
      "name": "de-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "One will easily notice besides, that it has only held on, where overall there has been an active receptiveness for poetry or a phantasy still not extinguished by the vicissitudes of life.",
          "roman": "Leicht wird man übrigens bemerken, daß sie nur da gehaftet, wo überhaupt eine regere Empfänglichkeit für Poesie oder eine noch nicht von den Verkehrtheiten des Lebens ausgelöschte Phantasie gewesen.",
          "text": "1812, the Brothers Grimm, Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Berlin, die Realschulbuchhandlung, page VIII",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "overall, in general"
      ],
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        [
          "overall",
          "overall"
        ],
        [
          "in general",
          "in general"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
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          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              24,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Are you listening to me at all?",
          "text": "Hört ihr mir überhaupt zu?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "at all; anyway"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "at all",
          "at all"
        ],
        [
          "anyway",
          "anyway"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "actually"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "actually",
          "actually"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "even"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "even",
          "even"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌyːbɐˈhaʊ̯pt/"
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d6/De-%C3%BCberhaupt.ogg/De-%C3%BCberhaupt.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/De-%C3%BCberhaupt.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "überhaupt"
}

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