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Detailed Translations for obscure from English to German

obscure:

to obscure verb (obscures, obscured, obscuring)

  1. to obscure (cloud)
    trüben
    • trüben verb (trübe, trübst, trübt, trübte, trübtet, getrübt)
  2. to obscure (darken)
    verdunkeln; unterschlagen; veruntreuen
    • verdunkeln verb (verdunkele, verdunkelst, verdunkelt, verdunkelte, verdunkeltet, verdunkelt)
    • unterschlagen verb (unterschlage, unterschlägst, unterschlägt, unterschlug, unterschlugt, unterschlagen)
    • veruntreuen verb (veruntreue, veruntreust, veruntreut, veruntreute, veruntreutet, veruntreut)

Conjugations for obscure:

present
  1. obscure
  2. obscure
  3. obscures
  4. obscure
  5. obscure
  6. obscure
simple past
  1. obscured
  2. obscured
  3. obscured
  4. obscured
  5. obscured
  6. obscured
present perfect
  1. have obscured
  2. have obscured
  3. has obscured
  4. have obscured
  5. have obscured
  6. have obscured
past continuous
  1. was obscuring
  2. were obscuring
  3. was obscuring
  4. were obscuring
  5. were obscuring
  6. were obscuring
future
  1. shall obscure
  2. will obscure
  3. will obscure
  4. shall obscure
  5. will obscure
  6. will obscure
continuous present
  1. am obscuring
  2. are obscuring
  3. is obscuring
  4. are obscuring
  5. are obscuring
  6. are obscuring
subjunctive
  1. be obscured
  2. be obscured
  3. be obscured
  4. be obscured
  5. be obscured
  6. be obscured
diverse
  1. obscure!
  2. let's obscure!
  3. obscured
  4. obscuring
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Translation Matrix for obscure:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
außer Gebrauch disuse
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
trüben cloud; obscure tarnish
unterschlagen darken; obscure catch on the way; intercept; nick; pinch; receive; snitch; steal
verdunkeln darken; obscure
veruntreuen darken; obscure cadge; collar; disown; dispossess; expropriate; filch; go thieving; make off with; nick; pilfer; pinch; purloin; rob; snatch; snitch; steal; swipe; take; take away
- becloud; bedim; befog; blot out; blur; cloud; confuse; fog; haze over; hide; mist; obliterate; obnubilate; overcloud; veil
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- apart; dark; hidden; isolated; unknown; unnoticeable; unsung; vague
Not SpecifiedRelated TranslationsOther Translations
teuflisch damned; devilish
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- abstruse; conceal; difficult to understand; hide
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
außer Gebrauch faulty; indistinct; obscure; out of order; unclear
bösartig dubious; grimy; nasty; obscure; problematic; questionable; scary; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; suspect; suspicious; uncertain; unreliable abominable; appalling; bad; badly; blackguardly; cunning; detestable; double-tongued; evil-minded; false; ghastly; horrible; horrid; ill-fated; low; macabre; malicious; mean; nasty; obnoxious; odious; ominous; roguish; scoundrelly; shady; sharp; shrewd; sinister; slippery; sly; spooky; terrible; underhand; unholy; venomous; vicious; vile; villainous; virulent; vitriolic; with evil intention; woody
böse dubious; grimy; nasty; obscure; problematic; questionable; scary; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; suspect; suspicious; uncertain; unreliable abominable; angry; annoyed; appalling; bad; badly; bitter; blackguardly; blazing; cunning; detestable; displeased; enraged; evil-minded; false; fierce; fiery; furious; ghastly; glaring; horrible; horrid; ill-fated; indignant; infuriated; irate; livid; low; macabre; mad; malicious; mean; nasty; obnoxious; odious; ominous; raging; roguish; scoundrelly; seething; shady; sharp; shrewd; sinister; slippery; sly; spooky; terrible; underhand; unholy; upset; venomous; vexed; vicious; vile; villainous; virulent; vitriolic; with evil intention; wrathful
defekt faulty; indistinct; obscure; out of order; unclear battered; broken; cracked; crushed; damaged; defective; deficient; finished; gone to pieces; in pieces; in rags; in shreds; moth eaten; ruptured; snapped; tattered; to pieces; torn
dubios dubious; grimy; nasty; obscure; problematic; questionable; scary; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; suspect; suspicious; uncertain; unreliable
dunkel indistinct; obscure; unclear; vague blurred; dark; dim; faint; hazy; misty; subdued; unclear; undefinable; unlit; vague
düster indistinct; obscure; unclear; vague abominable; appalling; cheerless; dark; detestable; drab; ghastly; gloomy; grey; horrible; horrid; ill-fated; joyless; mat; moody; obnoxious; odious; ominous; pensive; sad; sinister; somber; sombre; terrible; triste; unholy; unlit; wistful
faul indistinct; obscure; unclear; vague banal; bearing no interests; below the belt; churlish; coarse; corrupt; dawdling; degenerate; depraved; dirty; disgusting; dowdy; dragging; drooping; filthy; gross; grubby; gruesome; heinous; idle; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; loathsome; nasty; passive; perverted; putrefied; putrid; rancid; repugnant; repulsive; revolting; rotten; shabby; shoddy; shuffling; sickening; sloppy; slovenly; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; sordid; spongy; tardy; trite; trivial; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vulgar; woolly; wooly
finster indistinct; obscure; unclear; vague blurred; cheerless; dark; dim; drab; faint; gloomy; grey; hazy; joyless; mat; misty; moody; ominous; pensive; sad; sinister; somber; sombre; subdued; triste; unclear; undefinable; unlit; vague; wistful
fraglich dubious; grimy; nasty; obscure; problematic; questionable; scary; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; suspect; suspicious; uncertain; unreliable concerning; uncertain
fragwürdig dubious; grimy; nasty; obscure; problematic; questionable; scary; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; suspect; suspicious; uncertain; unreliable not bright; not clear; turbid
gebrochen faulty; indistinct; obscure; out of order; unclear battered; broken; broken through; cracked; crushed; damaged; defective; discontented; disgruntled; displeased; dissatisfied; finished; gone to pieces; in pieces; in rags; in shreds; moth eaten; ruptured; snapped; tattered; to pieces; torn
gemein dubious; grimy; nasty; obscure; problematic; questionable; scary; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; suspect; suspicious; uncertain; unreliable altogether; bad; base; bogus; combined; cunning; faked; false; feigned; fictitious; in all; jointly; low; macabre; mean; nasty; normal; not genuine; pedestrian; shady; sham; shared; sharp; sheet; shrewd; sinister; slippery; sly; sordid; spooky; stingy; together; underhand; vicious; vile; villainous; with each other; with one another; woody
gespenstisch dubious; grimy; nasty; obscure; problematic; questionable; scary; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; suspect; suspicious; uncertain; unreliable abominable; alarming; appalling; creepy; detestable; frightening; frightful; ghastly; grisly; horrible; horrid; ill-fated; imminent; impending; obnoxious; odious; ominous; scary; sinister; spooky; terrible; terrifying; threatening; unholy
glitschig dubious; grimy; nasty; obscure; problematic; questionable; scary; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; suspect; suspicious; uncertain; unreliable bald; cunning; greasy; icy; immoral; lack of moral; obscene; sleek; slippery; slithery; smooth; smoothly
gruselig dubious; grimy; nasty; obscure; problematic; questionable; scary; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; suspect; suspicious; uncertain; unreliable abominable; appalling; creepy; detestable; eerie; frightening; ghastly; horrible; horrid; ill-fated; lugubrious; obnoxious; odious; ominous; scary; sinister; terrible; terrifying; unholy
haarig indistinct; obscure; unclear; vague bushy; embittered; exasperated; fierce; hairy; hard; hard-handed; harsh; rough; shaggy; violent; woolly; wooly
heimtückisch dubious; grimy; nasty; obscure; problematic; questionable; scary; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; suspect; suspicious; uncertain; unreliable bad; banal; behind one's back; below the belt; bogus; coarse; cunning; disloyal; faked; false; falsely; feigned; fictitious; foul; gross; indecent; jarring; low; macabre; mean; nasty; not genuine; offensive; pedestrian; perfidious; ribald; rotten; scurvy; secretly; shabby; shady; sham; sharp; shrewd; sinister; slippery; sly; spooky; stealthily; stingy; traitorous; treacherous; trite; trivial; underhand; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vicious; vile; vulgar
hinterhältig dubious; grimy; nasty; obscure; problematic; questionable; scary; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; suspect; suspicious; uncertain; unreliable bad; banal; behind one's back; below the belt; blackguardly; bogus; coarse; cunning; faked; false; falsely; feigned; fictitious; foul; gross; indecent; jarring; low; macabre; mean; nasty; not genuine; offensive; pedestrian; ribald; roguish; rotten; scoundrelly; scurvy; secretly; shabby; shady; sham; sharp; shrewd; sinister; slick; slippery; sly; spooky; stingy; trite; trivial; underhand; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vicious; vile; villainous; vulgar
hinterlistig dubious; grimy; nasty; obscure; problematic; questionable; scary; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; suspect; suspicious; uncertain; unreliable astute; bad; badly; banal; behind one's back; behind someone's back; below the belt; bogus; bright; clever; coarse; covert; crafty; cunning; double-tongued; evil-minded; faked; false; falsely; feigned; fictitious; foul; gross; indecent; ingenious; intelligent; jarring; low; macabre; malicious; mean; nasty; not genuine; offensive; ominous; on the sly; pedestrian; ribald; roguish; rotten; sagacious; scurvy; secretive; secretly; shabby; shady; sham; sharp; shrewd; sinister; skilful; skillful; slick; slippery; sly; smart; sneakily; sneaky; spooky; stealthily; stingy; trite; trivial; underhand; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vicious; vile; vulgar; wily; wise; with evil intention
häßlich dubious; grimy; nasty; obscure; problematic; questionable; scary; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; suspect; suspicious; uncertain; unreliable ghastly; hideous; horrible; macabre; not presentable; plain; repellant; repellent; repulsive; revolting; seedy; shabby; shady; sinister; spooky; ugly; ugly as hell; ugly as sin; unattractive; unsightly
kaputt faulty; indistinct; obscure; out of order; unclear battered; break down; broken; bust; cracked; crushed; damaged; defective; dog-tired; done; exhausted; finished; get lost; go wrong; gone to pieces; in pieces; in rags; in shreds; moth eaten; on the blink; out of order; ruined; ruptured; snapped; tattered; to pieces; torn; worn out
mies dubious; grimy; nasty; obscure; problematic; questionable; scary; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; suspect; suspicious; uncertain; unreliable bad; bogus; boring; dreadful; dull; faked; false; feigned; fictitious; low; mean; not genuine; not high; pedestrian; sham; stingy; vile
niederträchtig dubious; grimy; nasty; obscure; problematic; questionable; scary; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; suspect; suspicious; uncertain; unreliable abominable; bad; base; blackguardly; bogus; cunning; detestable; dishonorable; dishonourable; faked; false; feigned; fictitious; inglorious; low; mean; nasty; nefarious; not genuine; not high; pedestrian; roguish; scoundrelly; sham; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; stingy; underhand; vicious; vile; villainous
obskur dubious; grimy; inconvenient; indistinct; nasty; obscure; problematic; questionable; scary; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; suspect; suspicious

Related Words for "obscure":

  • obscureness, obscuring, obscurement, obscurer, obscurest, obscurely

Synonyms for "obscure":


Related Definitions for "obscure":

  1. not clearly understood or expressed1
    • an obscure turn of phrase1
    • an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit1
  2. marked by difficulty of style or expression1
    • those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure1
  3. remote and separate physically or socially1
    • an obscure village1
  4. not drawing attention1
    • an obscure flaw1
  5. not famous or acclaimed1
    • an obscure family1
  6. difficult to find1
    • an obscure retreat1
  7. make obscure or unclear1
    • The distinction was obscured1
  8. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing1
  9. reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa1
  10. make unclear, indistinct, or blurred1
  11. make less visible or unclear1
    • The stars are obscured by the clouds1
    • the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley1

Wiktionary Translations for obscure:

obscure
verb
  1. to hide, put out of sight
  2. to darken, make faint
adjective
  1. hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous
  2. dark, faint or indistinct
obscure
adjective
  1. unbekannt, mysteriös
verb
  1. gegen das Einfallen oder Aussenden von Lichtstrahlen abschirmen

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
obscure rätselhaft; schleierhaft; dunkel; enigmatisch amphigourique — Qui a le caractère de l’amphigouri.
obscure dunkel; finster obscur — Où il y a peu, où il n’y a pas de lumière.
obscure verdunkeln; verfinstern obscurcirrendre obscur.