Timeline for How is the prefix "uber-" differently used in German vs. English?
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| Jul 23, 2011 at 14:19 | comment | added | Stefano Palazzo | Nietzsche's word Übermensch was also used by the Nazis in their rhetoric about the Herrenrasse (the master race). Further, the opposite term, Untermensch, was used in eugenics. So to the non-native speakers: be very careful when using it. It does have a very dark connotation outside of philosophical circles. | |
| Jul 21, 2011 at 0:30 | comment | added | Jemus42 | @Ladybug: If you wrote that comment as an answer and elaborated a few bits I'd say it's a pretty acceptable answer. | |
| Jul 20, 2011 at 13:45 | comment | added | ladybug | I would actually say it comes from Nietzsche's term "Übermensch". It was actually meant as a being "above" the man ("über" also means "above", as in "das Bild hängt über dem Regal") in a more or less evolutionary way. However, it instead got the notion of a "super" kind of man - and a very sad counterpart in "Untermensch". For some reason the English world picked up the "super" notion and use it in this way till today. | |
| Jul 20, 2011 at 7:56 | history | edited | user508 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 20, 2011 at 7:23 | history | edited | Cass | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 20, 2011 at 7:18 | history | answered | Cass | CC BY-SA 3.0 |