übertünchen
German, verb
übertünchen is spelled Ü-B-E-R-T-Ü-N-C-H-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 144,446th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Übertünchen is a German verb meaning “to whitewash (to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Übertünchen is a different word: “gerund of übertünchen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit (weißer) Farbe (Tünche) übermalen”.
What does übertünchen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to whitewash (to paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash)
- 2
to cover up, to veneer
noun
- 1
neutergerund of übertünchen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit (weißer) Farbe (Tünche) übermalen 2. ungesehen/ungehört machen, (hinter vielen Worten/Floskeln) verstecken
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 übertünchen
- übertüncht present singular third-person
- tüncht über present singular third-person
- übertünchte past
- tünchte über past
- übergetüncht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- übertünchend participle present
- zu übertünchen infinitive infinitive-zu
- überzutünchen infinitive infinitive-zu
- übertünche first-person indicative present
- tünche über first-person indicative present
- tünchen über first-person indicative plural
- übertünchst indicative present second-person
- tünchst über indicative present second-person
- übertünchest second-person singular subjunctive
- tünchest über second-person singular subjunctive
- übertünchet plural second-person subjunctive
- tünchet über plural second-person subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is übertünchen in German?
übertünchen appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).