overmand
Danish
    
    
Noun
    
overmand c (singular definite overmanden, plural indefinite overmænd)
- 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,...
 
 
 
- Du har mødt din overmand.
Declension
    
Declension of overmand
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | overmand | overmanden | overmænd | overmændene | 
| genitive | overmands | overmandens | overmænds | overmændenes | 
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