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Translate covert from English to German

Summary

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covert:
- tückisch; hinterlistig
Wiktionary:
- covert → klammheimlich, heimlich

English

Detailed Translations for covert from English to German

covert:

covert adj

covert (underhand; sneaky; malicious; secretly; sneakily; nasty; on the sly; secretive; mean; behind someone's back)
tückisch; hinterlistig
- tückisch adj
- hinterlistig adj

Translation Matrix for covert:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	concealment; cover; screen
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
hinterlistig	behind someone's back; covert; malicious; mean; nasty; on the sly; secretive; secretly; sneakily; sneaky; underhand	astute; bad; badly; banal; behind one's back; below the belt; bogus; bright; clever; coarse; crafty; cunning; double-tongued; dubious; evil-minded; faked; false; falsely; feigned; fictitious; foul; grimy; gross; indecent; ingenious; intelligent; jarring; low; macabre; malicious; mean; nasty; not genuine; obscure; offensive; ominous; pedestrian; problematic; questionable; ribald; roguish; rotten; sagacious; scary; scurvy; secretly; shabby; shady; sham; sharp; shifty; shrewd; sinister; skilful; skillful; slick; slimy; slippery; sly; smart; spooky; stealthily; stingy; suspect; suspicious; trite; trivial; uncertain; underhand; unmannerly; unreliable; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vicious; vile; vulgar; wily; wise; with evil intention
tückisch	behind someone's back; covert; malicious; mean; nasty; on the sly; secretive; secretly; sneakily; sneaky; underhand	bad; badly; base; bogus; cunning; despicable; disloyal; double-tongued; evil-minded; faked; false; feigned; fictitious; low; malicious; mean; nasty; niggardly; not genuine; scornful; secretly; sham; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; stealthily; stingy; underhand; vicious; vile; villainous; with evil intention

Related Words for "covert":

covertness, covertly

Synonyms for "covert":

backstair; backstairs; furtive; black; clandestine; cloak-and-dagger; hole-and-corner; hugger-mugger; hush-hush; secret; surreptitious; undercover; underground; collusive; conniving; cloaked; disguised; masked; sub-rosa; under-the-table; behind-the-scenes; subterranean; subterraneous; ulterior; under wraps; undisclosed; unrevealed; implicit; inexplicit; invisible; unseeable; concealed
protected; secure
flock
screen; cover; concealment; covering

Antonyms for "covert":

overt

Related Definitions for "covert":

secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed¹
- covert actions by the CIA¹
- covert funding for the rebels¹
(of a wife) being under the protection of her husband¹
- a woman covert¹
a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something¹
- the brush provided a covert for game¹
a flock of coots¹

Wiktionary Translations for covert:

covert

adjective

ganz heimlich
- klammheimlich → covert; clandestine; secret
im Verborgenen, ohne das Wissen anderer
- heimlich → covert; clandestine; secret

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¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University