geheim
secret; confidential
English translations
- 01
secret
- 02
confidential
- 03
hidden
Word details
- German meaning
- Nicht öffentlich oder bekannt; versteckt oder vertraulich.
- English meaning
- Secret
- Synonym
- vertraulich, privat
- German example
- Das ist ein geheimes Dokument.
- English example
- This is a secret document.
- Comparative
- geheimerSuperlative: am geheimsten
Related words
- Geheimpolizei
Secret police
- Geheimnisverrat
Disclosure of secrets refers to the unauthorized disclosure of secret information or state secrets.
- geheimnisvoll
Mysterious
- Geheimhaltung
Secrecy
- Geheimnis
secret
- Geheimdienst
Intelligence agency
- Geheimgesellschaft
secret society
- Geheimcode
Secret code
- Geheimgang
Secret passage
- Geheimbund
Secret society
- Geheimfavorit
Dark horse
- Geheimrat
Privy Councilor
- Geheimschrift
Secret code, cipher
- Geheimtipp
insider tip
- Geheimagent
A secret agent is a person who works in secret on behalf of a government or organization to gather information or carry out operations.
- Geschäftsgeheimnis
Trade secret
- Briefgeheimnis
Privacy of correspondence
- Pflegeheim
A facility that provides care and support for elderly or disabled people.
- Bankgeheimnis
Bank secrecy
- Mystagog
Mystagogue
- Mystagoge
Mystagogue
- Kleptokrat
A kleptocrat is a person who enriches themselves through corruption and theft of public funds, often in a government position.
- Männerbund
male fraternity, men's club
- von etwas Wind bekommen
To get wind of something
- entschlüsseln
decode
- die Katze aus dem Sack lassen
to let the cat out of the bag
- enthüllen
to reveal
- verklappen
to blab, to spill the beans
- zuflüstern
To whisper something to someone, often to share a secret or confidential information.
- heimlichtun
to act secretive
- kundschaften
Reconnoiter, scout
- bloßlegen
To expose means to uncover something hidden or secret.
- ausplaudern
To blurt out
- arkan
Arcane
- versteckt
Hidden
- verborgen
Hidden
- mysteriös
mysterious
- okkult
Occult
- verschwiegen
Discreet means that someone keeps secrets or confidential information to themselves and does not pass it on.
- verdeckt
covert
- indiskret
Indiscreet
- rotwelsch
Cant, argot
- runisch
Runic
- schattenhaft
Shadowy
- schummrig
dim
- mystagogisch
Mystagogical; relating to initiation into religious mysteries.
- Agent
agent
- wie ein Grab schweigen
To be as silent as the grave means to be absolutely silent, to not reveal anything.
- leaken
To leak
Example sentences with “geheim”
Das ist ein geheim gehaltenes Dokument. (That is a document kept secret.)
Frequently asked questions
Is 'geheim' an adverb or an adjective?
It is primarily an adjective. It can be used predicatively or attributively. It is not usually used as an adverb in the sense of 'secretly' (that would be 'heimlich').