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‖ über alles, phr.|ˌyːbər ˈaləs|
[Ger.]
Above all else.
In quots. 1967 and 1983 prob. influenced by a misunderstanding of the opening words of the German national anthem, ‘Deutschland über alles’, as ‘Germany supreme’.
1967Listener 21 Sept. 365/3 Advertising..is now advertising über Alles: it has become very big business indeed. 1979Guardian 18 June 9/7 Monetarism, in the sense of giving precedence uber alles to restraining the growth of money supply. 1983Times 22 Feb. 10/3 An exhibition..presented..by the British-Soviet Friendship Society{ddd}astronauts, Red Square, Lenin über alles. |