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• itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Uber isn’t a German word tho?

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  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Etymology From German über (“above”, preposition), which is also used as a prefix (über-); cognate with over. Entered English through Nietzsche’s use of the word Übermensch. Doublet of over, super and hyper.

    en.wiktionary.org/wiki/uber

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    • yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Right, über is a word. “uber” is very much not. The points aren’t decoration or a pronunciation guide, they signify a different letter.

      It’s like saying that Spanish people call their country Espana.

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      • TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Are you really going to argue this? Those accent marks aren’t in all languages, which is mainly why they removed them. If you want to claim this isn’t the German word then you need to explain where it came from.

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    • itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      ‘uber’ is an English word with a German ethnology. ‘über’ is a German word. That’s like saying iceberg is German. u and ü are different letters. They are pronounced differently and change the meaning of words (e.g. ‘Schuppe’ means scale, ‘Schüppe’ means shovel)

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      • TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        …I don’t know what point you’re making. The word came from german, and the changing of the letter only goes to my point. The word was easily simplified to be used outside of German.

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  • Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Also, the founders are Canadian and American, not Germans

    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uber

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  • DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Something, something über alles…

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    • itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      über? which you’d spell ueber, if you can’t type ü

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