English-Danish translations for govern

• styre
• beherske
  Hr. formand, Kommissionens forslag om tobaksmarkedet beherskes af idéen om omkøb, og der findes faktisk ikke nogle forslag til en forbedring af kvaliteten, sådan som hr. Mr President, the Commission proposal concerning the tobacco market is governed by the idea of quota buy-back and, naturally, there are no proposals for improving quality, as Mr Fischler has said.
• bestemme
  Disse relationer bestemmes af Barcelona-processen. These relations are governed by the Barcelona Process.
  HUF. Den ungarske regering kan frit bestemme, hvordan den vil bruge disse penge. The Hungarian government can freely decide how to use this money.
  Denne koncentration af politisk magt betyder, at afstanden mellem dem, der bestemmer, og dem, der bestemmes over, bliver større. This concentration of political power means that the distance between those governing and those governed increases.
• herske
  Reaktionen fra regeringen dér lader der ikke herske nogen tvivl. The government's response leaves no doubt.
  Også blandt rektorer og i skolevæsenerne kan der herske stor usikkerhed. There is also great uncertainty amongst head teachers and school governing bodies.
  Vi bør ikke underskrive nogen aftaler med Marokko, hvor der kan herske nogen som helst tvivl om, hvorvidt Vestsaharas farvande kan overtages af den marokkanske regering. We should not be signing up to any deal with Morocco that leaves any doubt whatsoever whether Western Saharan waters can be included by the Moroccan Government.
• lede
  Her skal man lede længe efter bottom up governance. There is virtually no trace here of 'bottom-up governance' .
  Nu ledes vi af kommunister, kollaboratører og quislinger. We are now governed by communists, collaborators and quislings.
  De lader til at mene, at det betyder styring, der defineres som det at lede eller den måde, hvorpå man leder. They seem to think it means governance, which is defined as the action or manner of governing.
• regere
• regere beherske

Definition of govern

• To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in
• To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain
• To exercise a deciding or determining influence on
• To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate
• To exercise political authority; to run a government
• To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate

Examples

• The old king governed the land wisely.
• Govern yourselves like civilized people.
• a student who could not govern his impulses
• Chance governs the outcome of many card games.
• a valve that governs fuel intake

Related words

• self-government
• government
• governmental
• governor
• governing
• intergovernmental
• governance
• governess
• governorate