overlegen

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German overlegen, a past participle of overliggen (“to oppress”), from over- (“over”) +‎ liggen (“to lie”). Compare German überlegen (“superior”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒwɐˌlɑjˀən], [ˈɒwɐˌleˀ(j)en]

Adjective

overlegen (neuter overlegent, plural and definite singular attributive overlegne)

  1. superior, brilliant
    Antonym: underlegen
  2. supercilious

Inflection

Inflection of overlegen
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular overlegen — —2
indefinite neuter singular overlegent — —2
plural overlegne — —2
definite attributive1 overlegne — —

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German overlegen.

Adjective

overlegen (neuter singular overlegent, definite singular and plural overlegne)

  1. superior
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

overlegen m

  1. definite singular of overlege

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German overlegen.

Adjective

overlegen (neuter singular overlege or overlegent, definite singular and plural overlegne)

  1. superior

References

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