Vokabahn

Verb

verharmlosen

to play down

B2 rank #11,090

Meanings

Verb
  1. to play down
  2. to trivialise

In a sentence

Man sollte die Folgen von zu wenig Schlaf nicht verharmlosen.

You shouldn't play down the effects of too little sleep.

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Forms

verharmlosen · verharmlost · verharmloste · hat verharmlost

verharmlosen is B2 German — upper-intermediate vocabulary, ranked #11,090 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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