verraten

Related words

• die Katze aus dem Sack lassen

  to let the cat out of the bag

• verplappern

  To blurt out, to spill the beans

• denunzieren

  To denounce means to report someone to an authority, often for base motives such as revenge or self-interest.

• in den Rücken fallen

  To stab someone in the back means to betray or harm someone secretly, especially through actions that happen in secret.

• ausplaudern

  To blurt out

• erzen

  To narrate, to relate

• im Stich gelassen

  Left in the lurch

• Dolchstoss

  Stab in the back

• Judas

  Judas is a term for a person who commits betrayal, derived from Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.

• verrathen

  To betray

• verklappen

  to blab, to spill the beans

• verzeigen

  To report, to denounce

• Denunziant

  Informant

• verpetzen

  to snitch, to tell on someone

• petzen

  Tattle

• verpfeifen

  to snitch on someone

• erzen

  To narrate, to relate

• spoilern

  to spoil

• schmutzige Wäsche waschen

  To air dirty laundry

• stillschweigen

  Secrecy, silence

• verklatschen

  To snitch means to inform on someone to an authority or another person, often to gain an advantage for oneself.

• wie ein Grab schweigen

  To be as silent as the grave means to be absolutely silent, to not reveal anything.

Example sentences with “verraten”

1. Willst du mir dein Geheimnis verraten? (Will you reveal your secret to me?)

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