bemänteln
German, verb[bəˈmɛntl̩n]
bemänteln is spelled B-E-M-Ä-N-T-E-L-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 334,656th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bemänteln is a German verb meaning “to disguise, cover up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(nachträglich) mit einer Erklärung/Bedeutung versehen, die etwas in besserem Licht erscheinen lässt”.
What does bemänteln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to disguise, cover up
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (nachträglich) mit einer Erklärung/Bedeutung versehen, die etwas in besserem Licht erscheinen lässt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bemänteln
- bemäntelt present singular third-person
- bemäntelte past
- haben auxiliary
- bemäntelnd participle present
- bemäntle first-person indicative present
- bemäntele first-person indicative present
- bemäntel first-person indicative present
- bemäntelst indicative present second-person
- bemäntelest second-person singular subjunctive
- bemäntlest second-person singular subjunctive
- bemäntelet plural second-person subjunctive
- bemäntlet plural second-person subjunctive
- bemäntelten first-person indicative plural
- bemänteltest indicative preterite second-person
- bemänteltet indicative plural preterite
- bemäntel! imperative singular
- bemäntle! imperative singular
- bemäntelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bemänteln?
- [bəˈmɛntl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bemänteln in German?
bemänteln appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).