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über Kreuz

German, prepositional phrase/yːbɐ ˈkʁɔʏ̯t͡s/

über Kreuz is a German prepositional phrase meaning “crosswise one above the other” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does über Kreuz mean in English?

prepositional phrase

  1. 1

    crosswise one above the other

  2. 2

    at odds, clashing

    über Kreuz liegen

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

How do you pronounce über Kreuz?

  • /yːbɐ ˈkʁɔʏ̯t͡s/

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