sauber

See also: Sauber and säuber

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sūber, from Old High German sūbar, from Proto-West Germanic *sūbrī, from Latin sobrius (“sober”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzaʊ̯bɐ/ (prescriptive standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑɔ̯bɐ/ (Austria)
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Adjective

sauber (strong nominative masculine singular sauberer, comparative sauberer, superlative am saubersten)

  1. clean
  2. neat, tidy
  3. (informal) good, all right
  4. (Switzerland, Austria) pretty, cute

Declension

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “sauber” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “sauber” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “sauber” in Duden online
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