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Above all

Friedolin, could it be that you are mistranslating the English translation of ""über alles"" yourself? ""Above all"" does mean ""above all things"". The popular mistranslation you are attacking would be ""Germany, Germany everywhere"" (from überall). Mind you, that mistranslation is inserted on the Deutschlandlied page often enough (only to be quickly reverted). But there is nothing wrong with ""above all"". Best,  "