verhehlen
German
editEtymology
editFrom Old High German firhelan, from Proto-Germanic *frahelaną. By surface analysis, ver- + hehlen.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editverhehlen (weak, third-person singular present verhehlt, past tense verhehlte, past participle verhehlt, auxiliary haben)
- (literary, transitive) to conceal, to hide, to dissemble
- Synonym: keinen Hehl machen aus
- 1787, Friedrich Schiller, Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien, 4. Akt, 4. Auftritt; republished as R. D. Boylan, transl., (Please provide a date or year):
- Wie seltsam! / Sie sagen mit das Eine und verhehlen / Das Andre mir.
- 'Tis somewhat strange! One secret you impart. / The other you withhold.
- 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 51:
- Und da er keinen Grund hatte, ihr seinen Namen zu verhehlen, so stellte er sich in aller Form vor.
- And because he had no reason to conceal his name from her, he introduced himself in all due form.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | verhehlen | ||||
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present participle | verhehlend | ||||
past participle | verhehlt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verhehle | wir verhehlen | i | ich verhehle | wir verhehlen |
du verhehlst | ihr verhehlt | du verhehlest | ihr verhehlet | ||
er verhehlt | sie verhehlen | er verhehle | sie verhehlen | ||
preterite | ich verhehlte | wir verhehlten | ii | ich verhehlte1 | wir verhehlten1 |
du verhehltest | ihr verhehltet | du verhehltest1 | ihr verhehltet1 | ||
er verhehlte | sie verhehlten | er verhehlte1 | sie verhehlten1 | ||
imperative | verhehl (du) verhehle (du) |
verhehlt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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