overmand

Danish

Etymology

over (over) + mand (man)

Noun

overmand c (singular definite overmanden, plural indefinite overmænd)

  1. superior
    Du har mødt din overmand.
    You have met your match.
    • 2009, Peter Michael Lauritzen, Grund og bølge: en litterær, tids- og åndshistorisk studie af Erik Aalbæk Jensens forfatterskab, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN, page 369
      Aalbæk var bange for at blive en uærlig sjæl, og han gennemhegler sig selv for sin forfængelighed og sit hovmod - „jeg søger ikke mit medmenneske, men min overmand".
      Aalbæk was afraid of becoming a dishonest soul, and he batters himself for his vanity and his superciliousness - „I do not seek my fellow human, but my superior".
    • 1907, Saxo (Grammaticus), Frederik Winkel Horn, Danmarks krønike
      I at spille paa Luth og Lyre havde han ikke sin Overmand,...
      Regarding the playing of the lute and the lyre, he had no superior,...

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