Definition of verb beschönigen

Definition of the verb beschönigen (whitewash, euphemise): Bildung; etwas als besser, schöner darstellen, als es in Wirklichkeit ist; schönfärben; schönreden; schönfärben; positiv darstellen; schönen with meanings, synonyms, prepositions, Objects with case, grammar information, translations and conjugation tables.

C1 · verb · haben · regular · transitive · not separable · <also: passive>
beschönigen

beschönigt · beschönigte · hat beschönigt

English whitewash, euphemise, euphemize, sugarcoat, blanch over, color, colour, embellish, extenuate, glamorize, gloss over, palliate, sugar-coat, varnish

/bəˈʃøːnɪɡən/ · /bəˈʃøːnɪkt/ · /bəˈʃøːnɪktə/ · /bəˈʃøːnɪkt/

[Sprache] etwas als besser, schöner darstellen, als es in Wirklichkeit ist; schönfärben; schönreden, schönfärben, positiv darstellen, schönen

(acc.)

» Romantische Darstellungen des Mittelalters beschönigen die finsteren Aspekte der Epoche. English Romantic representations of the Middle Ages gloss over the dark aspects of the era.

Meanings

a.[Sprache] etwas als besser, schöner darstellen, als es in Wirklichkeit ist, schönfärben, schönreden, schönfärben, positiv darstellen, schönen
z.<also: trans.> No meaning defined yet.

Conjugation Meanings

Usages

(acc.)

passive possible


Prepositions Usages

Synonyms

Example sentences

  • Romantische Darstellungen des Mittelalters beschönigen die finsteren Aspekte der Epoche. 
    English Romantic representations of the Middle Ages gloss over the dark aspects of the era.
  • Es bringt nichts, die Tatsachen zu beschönigen . 
    English There's no point in glossing over the facts.
  • Das ist die Realität, ich beschönige und verniedliche hier nichts. 
    English This is the reality, I am not beautifying or downplaying anything here.
  • Ein Unwort ist ein Wort, das beleidigt und diskriminiert, beschönigt oder verschleiert. 
    English An unacceptable word is a word that offends and discriminates, beautifies or conceals.

Example sentences

Translations

English whitewash, euphemise, euphemize, sugarcoat, blanch over, color, colour, embellish, ...
Russian приукрашивать, обелять, обелить, приукрасить, приукрашивание
Spanish disimular, maquillar, bagatelizar, cohonestar, embellecer
French embellir, dissimuler, enjoliver, farder, minimiser, pallier
Turkish süslemek, ayıbını örtmek, güzel göstermek, güzelleştirmek
Portuguese maquiar, embelezar, disfarçar, maquilhar, paliar, suavizar
Italian abbellire, mascherare, dissimulare
Romanian cosmetiza, înfrumuseța
Hungarian szépít, szépíteni
Polish upiększać, łagodzić, upiększyć
Greek ωραιοποιώ
Dutch mooi maken, goedpraten, verfraaien, vergoelijken
Czech zkrášlovat, přikrašlovat, přikrašlovatkrášlit, zkrášlit
Swedish skönmåla, försköna
Danish skønne, besmykke, forfalske, forskønne
Japanese ごまかす, 美化, 美化する, 誇張する
Catalan embellir, maquillar, cohonestar, dissimular, pal·liar
Finnish kaunistelu, kaunistaa, kaunistella
Norwegian skjønnmale, forherlige, forhøye, pynte på
Basque edertzea, itxura hobea ematea, itxura ondu
Serbian prikazati bolje, prikrašavati, uljepšati, uljepšavati
Macedonian поправање, ублажи, ублажување
Slovenian olepšati, olepševati, prikazovati, prikrasiti
Slowakisch skrášľovať, zveličovať
Bosnian prikazati bolje, prikazivati bolje, uljepšati, uljepšavati
Croatian prikazati bolje, prikrašavati, uljepšati, uljepšavati
Ukrainian декорувати, облагороджувати, прикрашати
Bulgarian изкривявам, изкривяване, прикрасяване, приукрасявам
Belorussian прыгажосць, прыгожыць, прыгожыць рэчаіснасць, прыкрасіць
Indonesian memoles, mempercantik, memperindah
Vietnamese làm cho đẹp, tô hồng, tô điểm, đánh bóng
Uzbek bezatib ko‘rsatmoq, oqartirmoq, shirinlashtirib ko'rsatmoq, yaxshilab ko'rsatmoq
Hindi अच्छा दिखाना, झूठा दिखाना, मुलम्मा चढ़ाना, सजाकर पेश करना
Chinese 粉饰, 美化
Thai กลบเกลื่อน, ทำให้ดูดีขึ้น, พูดให้ดูดี, แต่งให้สวยงาม
Korean 과장하다, 미화하다, 포장하다
Azerbaijani ağartmaq, bəzəmək, gözəlləşdirmək
Georgian გალამაზება, შელამაზება
Bengali আলংকার করা, সাজিয়ে দেখানো, সুগারকোট করা, সুন্দর করা
Albanian zbukuroj
Marathi चमकविणे, मुलामा चढवणे, सुंदर दाखवणे, सुंदर बनवून दाखवणे
Nepali सजाउनु, सजाएर पेश गर्नु, सुगरकोट गर्नु, सुन्दर बनाउने
Telugu అలంకరించు, చక్కెర పూయడం, సుందరంగా చూపించు
Latvian izskaistināt, skaistināt, uzpušķot
Tamil அழகுபடுத்துதல், அழகுபடுத்துவது, சர்க்கரை பூசுதல்
Estonian ilustama, kaunistada
Armenian գեղեցիկացնել, հարդարել, սպիտակեցնել, փայլեցնել
Kurdish spî kirin, xweşik kirin, şirinleştirmek, şirîn kirin
Hebrewלייפות، להחמיא
Arabicبرر جزئيا، تجميل، تحسين، لطف
Persianتزیین، زیباسازی
Urduبہتر دکھانا، خوبصورت بنانا، خوشنما بنانا، خوشنما کرنا
...

Translations

Conjugation

beschönigt · beschönigte · hat beschönigt

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