Ober

See also: ober, and ober-

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ober.

Proper noun

Ober (countable and uncountable, plural Obers)

1. A surname from German.
2. An unincorporated community in Starke County, Indiana, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ober is the 8799^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3724 individuals. Ober is most common among White (93.93%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ober”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Etymology

Shorter form of Oberkellner (“head waiter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːbɐ/

• Audio:

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Noun

Ober m (strong, genitive Obers, plural Ober)

1. (dated) waiter (usually the head waiter, but sometimes any waiter)

   Synonym: Kellner

2. (card games) over knave, queen

Declension

Declension of Ober [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ober	die	Ober
genitive	eines	des	Obers	der	Ober
dative	einem	dem	Ober	den	Obern
accusative	einen	den	Ober	die	Ober

Descendants

• → Serbo-Croatian: ober
• → Romanian: ober

Further reading

• “Ober” in Duden online
• “Ober” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache