Idiom
- Idiom
- Den boventoon zingen
- Meaning
- iemand overheersen, hoger en machtiger zijn dan de anderen
- Dialect
- Brugs
- ID
- 2325
Properties
Gloss and translation
Mostly acceptable
Den
boventoon
zingen
to dominate, rule over someone, to be higher and more powerful than the others (Lit.: to sing the overtone)
- Direct object type
- Definite
- General structure
- V DO
- Is the DO modified (by an adjective)?
- No
- Aspect
- Simple
- Tense
- Present
- Voice
- Active
Structure
Verbal properties
Sentences
Acceptability varies by speaker
Mostly not acceptable
Acceptability varies by speaker
Acceptability varies by speaker
Acceptability varies by speaker
Acceptability varies by speaker
Acceptability varies by speaker