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The German word "über" as a preposition means "over"
"Ich springe über eine Wand" - "I jump over a wall" [img]graemlins/showoff.gif[/img]
As the first part of a composed word it mostly means "over" with verbs
übersehen - to overlook
and adjectives
überempfindlich - oversensitive
and "super" with nouns.
Überblick - supervision
Of course there are exceptions like "Übersee" or "Überland" (overseas, overland).
A for the pronounciation: The German "Ü" is pronounced very much like the French "ue" in "Rue" (street) or the English "eu" ind "deuce".
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