Verharmlosung
German, noun/fɛɐ̯ˈhaʁmloːzʊŋ/
Verharmlosung is spelled V-E-R-H-A-R-M-L-O-S-U-N-G (13 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 39,278th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verharmlosung is a German feminine noun meaning “downplaying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Darstellung einer Sache als weniger bedeutsam, gefährlich, als sie tatsächlich ist”.
What does Verharmlosung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedownplaying
- 2
femininetrivialisation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Darstellung einer Sache als weniger bedeutsam, gefährlich, als sie tatsächlich ist
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 Verharmlosung
- Verharmlosungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Verharmlosung?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈhaʁmloːzʊŋ/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈhaʁmloːzʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Verharmlosung in German?
Verharmlosung appears 1.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).