English-German translation for "overstep"

"overstep" German translation

overstep
transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t <preterite, (simple) past tense | Präteritum, Vergangenheitprätand | und u.past participle | Partizip Perfekt pperf overstepped>

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examples
to overstep the line of good taste
die Grenze des guten Geschmacks überschreiten
to overstep the line of good taste
Er hat seine Befugnisse überschritten.
He has overstepped his authority.
Source: Tatoeba
Sie hat ihre Befugnisse überschritten.
She has overstepped her authority.
Source: Tatoeba
Herr Le Pen hat diese Grenze, absichtlich oder unabsichtlich, überschritten.
Mr Le Pen, either by commission or omission, overstepped that mark.
Source: Europarl
Herr Blokland hat behauptet, das sei eine Übertretung der vertraglichen Möglichkeiten.
Mr Blokland maintains that this would be overstepping the contractual mark.
Source: Europarl
Dabei dürfen die Grenzen der Menschenrechte nicht, und ich wiederhole das, nicht übertreten werden.
In so doing it must not, I repeat not, overstep the mark on human rights.
Source: Europarl
Die Bekanntmachung ist nicht kohärent mit dem Richtlinienvorschlag.
It was a political compromise in the Commission, which is overstepping its competence.
Source: Europarl
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