overlevende

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Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔvərleːvənə/,

Verb

overlevende

  1. present participle of overleve
  2. (as an adjective) surviving
  3. (as a noun) survivor, survivors

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌoː.vərˈleː.vən.də/
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  • Rhymes: -eːvəndə

Participle

overlevende

  1. inflection of overleven:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Noun

overlevende m (plural overlevenden)

  1. survivor (one who has survived some disaster)

Usage notes

  • Not used in the sense of survivor as being "one who perseveres despite hardships" which is current in English and denoted in Dutch by overlever; Dutch overlevende strictly refers to surviving victims of some personal or larger catastrophe.

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

overlevende (singular and plural overlevende)

  1. surviving
  2. (as a noun) survivors

Verb

overlevende

  1. present participle of overleve

References

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