verbergen

Meaning

to hide, conceal from view, keep secret

Concepts

hide

conceal

cover

obscure

bury

dissemble

secrete

burrow

encapsulate

becloud

befog

shelter

shield

distract

divert

cover up

keep secret

reserve

screen

feign

stow

obfuscate

fog

haze over

obnubilate

hide out

hoard

keep back

keep someone in the dark

overhele

entomb

inter

blear

cloud

mist over

camouflage

cloak

cloud over

mask

Hyphenated as

ver‧ber‧gen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɛɐ̯ˈbɛʁɡn̩/

Etymology

From Middle High German verbergen, from Old High German firbergan, from Proto-West Germanic *frabergan. Equivalent to ver- + bergen. Compare Dutch verbergen, also Old English forbeorgan.

Sentences

Selbst schuld , dachte er und konnte seine Schadenfreude kaum verbergen .

It was his own fault, he thought, and could barely hide his schadenfreude.