I was actually in Zurich not Germany. People were genuinely confused if I asked them why they didn't pronounce it Über ("That's clearly just not how it's spelle

I was actually in Zurich not Germany. People were genuinely confused if I asked them why they didn't pronounce it Über ("That's clearly just not how it's spelled"). As a native English speaker it's just hard to wrap my head around having they much confidence in spelling based pronunciation.