No. 15,444 in German
verschweigen
To conceal or keep secret.
In a sentence
Er hat mir die Wahrheit verschwiegen.
He withheld the truth from me.
Here, "verschwiegen" means not disclosing or hiding information, as it's tied to deliberately not revealing the truth.
Sie wollte ihre Gefühle vor der Klasse verschweigen.
She wanted to conceal her feelings from the class.
In this sentence, "verschweigen" refers to the act of keeping emotions to oneself and not expressing them outwardly.
Es wurde beschlossen, den Fehler vor der Öffentlichkeit zu verschweigen.
It was decided to withhold the mistake from the public.
Here, the word "verschweigen" conveys the idea of not informing or revealing a specific piece of information to a group or audience.
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