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

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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