OVERMAGTEN in English translation

• superior force
• powers
• to overwhelming odds
• supremacy

Examples of using Overmagten in Danish and their translations into English

Og overfor en sådan overmagt må alle tilsidst uundgåeligt vige.
And to such a superior power everyone must ultimately and inevitably yield.

Jeg står alene med sagen mod en alvorlig overmagt og er bange.
I'm alone in this trial. I'm seriously outgunned and scared.

Præsidenten vil have overmagt i rummet.
POTUS wants complete space dominance.

Begge beskriver, hvordan en underlegen styrke slår en overmagt, og begge ser begivenhederne som en kamp om frihed eller trældom.
Both he and Barleti describe how an inferior force defeated a superior force, and both understand the events as a struggle for freedom.

kan Gud hjælpe os til at besejre en tilsyneladende uoverkommelig overmagt.
God can help us to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds.

Ligesom Palæstina, er Tjetjenien et land, der er besat af en stærk og stor overmagt.
Like Palestine, Chechnya is a country occupied by a strong and sizeable superior force.

Amerikanerne bruger deres militære overmagt og bestemmer dermed ofte politikken,
They use their military power, and often determine policy in this way,

de næsten udelukkende opretholdtes i kraft af rå overmagt og dødbringende våben.
since they were maintained almost exclusively by virtue of brutal superior force and lethal weapons.

befriet sig selv fra svensk overmagt, og ved freden 1660 blev Bornholm derfor igen en del af Danmark.
liberated themselves from Swedish supremacy. So, when peace was declared in 1660, Bornholm once again became part of Denmark.

Hansestæderne havde mistet deres politiske overmagt, der havde været på sit højeste 1370 -1385,
Hansestæderne had lost their political power, which had been on its peak 1370-1385,

Besiddelsen af atombomben gav Truman en følelse af overmagt, som han ikke følte grund til at skjule.
The possession of the atom bomb gave Truman a sense of superiority, which he did not feel the need to hide.

udnyttet for at fremme en politik bygget på overmod og overmagt.
exploited for a policy based on hubris and superiority.

Husk at det ikke ville kræve meget ud fra vores standard at give Rand stor militær overmagt over Caledonien.
Remember that it wouldn't take much by our standards to give Rand vast military superiority over Caledonia.

Taiwans første gruppe af moderne digtere samledes i 30'erne i stilfærdig protest mod kolonistyrets kulturelle overmagt.
Taiwan's first group of modern poets gathered in the 1930s in quiet protest against colonial cultural superiority.

systemet har været det samme. Nogles overmagt, andres undertrykkelse.
but the system stayed the same, with power for some and subjugation for others.

overvandt ham og viste SIN OVERMAGT over ham.
conquered him, and showed His MASTERY over him.

fik hans modstandere overmagt.
his opponents got the superior force.

vi har stoppet en tendens, nemlig tendensen til regeringernes overmagt i EU.
for we have put a stop to a trend- the trend towards excessive governmental power in the European Union.

Hvis nogen undrer sig over, hvorfor Israel bruger sin overmagt til at gøre det, som alle ved, vil gøre palæstinenserne vanvittige, så er mit svar dertil,
To those who wonder why Israel is using its superiority to do exactly what everyone realizes will make the Palestinians go mad, my answer is

Verdenskrig, hvor et tysk krigsskib, der lå ude i Køge Bugt, ville demonstrere sin overmagt ved at skyde ind over området,
These originate from the Second World War when a German warship in Køge Bugt wanted to demonstrate its superiority by firing across the area,