schönfärben

German

Etymology

schön +‎ färben

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃøːnfɛʁbən/
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Hyphenation: schön‧far‧ben

Verb

schönfärben (weak, third-person singular present färbt schön, past tense färbte schön, past participle schöngefärbt, auxiliary haben)

to whitewash, to window-dress
die Geschichte schönfärben ― to whitewash history

Conjugation

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Synonyms

Derived terms

Schönfärben
Schönfärberei
schönfärberisch
Schönfärbung

Related terms

Further reading

“schönfärben” in Duden online
“schönfärben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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