untermalen
Appearance
See also: Untermalen
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German undermālen. Equivalent to unter- + malen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]untermalen (weak, third-person singular present untermalt, past tense untermalte, past participle untermalt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, pictorial arts) to underpaint
- (transitive, music) to underscore (with background music)
- (transitive) to underscore, to underline, to emphasise, to accompany
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | untermalen | ||||
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present participle | untermalend | ||||
past participle | untermalt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich untermale | wir untermalen | i | ich untermale | wir untermalen |
du untermalst | ihr untermalt | du untermalest | ihr untermalet | ||
er untermalt | sie untermalen | er untermale | sie untermalen | ||
preterite | ich untermalte | wir untermalten | ii | ich untermalte1 | wir untermalten1 |
du untermaltest | ihr untermaltet | du untermaltest1 | ihr untermaltet1 | ||
er untermalte | sie untermalten | er untermalte1 | sie untermalten1 | ||
imperative | untermal (du) untermale (du) |
untermalt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “untermalen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “untermalen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “untermalen” in Duden online
- “untermalen” in OpenThesaurus.de