Meaning of bevinget ord | Babel Free
Definitions
a winged word or a kenning
Equivalents
Deutsch
geflügeltes Wort
English
winged word
Español
palabra alada
Suomi
lentävä lause
Nederlands
gevleugeld woord
Русский
крыла́тое выраже́ние
Svenska
bevingat ord
Examples
“Udtrykket er siden i europæisk tradition blevet et bevinget ord for, at verden er af lave, ...”
The expression has since in European tradition become a winged word expressing the sentiment that the world is upside down, ...
“Peter Høeg skriver et sted at „ønsket om at forstå har en brutalitet,der udvisker det som forståelsen rækker efter“ –en formulering med potentiale som bevinget ord.”
Peter Høeg writes somewhere that "the desire to understand has a brutality that wipes away that which the understanding strives for" - a turn of words with winged word potential.
“Udtrykket: ”apostlenes heste” om benenes rolle for gangen regnes både som slangord og bevinget ord ...”
The expression "the horses of the apostles" about the role of the legs in walking is considered both a slang word and a kenning ...
“Det er det som er fotografikunsten, øjeblikkets kunst som det også kaldes med et bevinget ord.”
It is this that is the art of photography, the art of the moment, as it is also called with a kenning.
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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