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oberer

German, adjective/ˈoːbəʁɐ/

oberer is spelled O-B-E-R-E-R (6 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 26,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oberer is a German adjective meaning “upper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does oberer mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    upper

    Mein Portmonee ist in der oberen Schublade.

  2. 2

    superior

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Person, die in einer Hierarchie weit oben steht 2. Ordensangehöriger in leitender Position

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of oberer

  • obererer comparative masculine nominative
  • oberster masculine nominative singular
  • obere feminine nominative singular
  • oberes neuter nominative singular
  • oberen genitive masculine singular
  • oberem dative masculine singular
  • der obere definite includes-article masculine
  • die obere definite feminine includes-article
  • das obere definite includes-article neuter
  • die oberen definite includes-article nominative
  • des oberen definite genitive includes-article
  • der oberen definite feminine genitive
  • dem oberen dative definite includes-article
  • den oberen dative definite includes-article
  • Oberin feminine
  • Obere nominative plural
  • Oberen genitive singular
  • Oberem dative singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce oberer?

  • /ˈoːbəʁɐ/
  • [ˈoːbəʁɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to oberer

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is oberer in German?

oberer appears 1.8 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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