An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/vertuschen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry vertuschen.

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2551424An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V — vertuschenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

vertuschen, verb, ‘to hush up,’ from Middle High German vertuschen, ‘to cover, conceal, keep secret, reduce to silence’ (to which verdutzt, literally ‘stunned,’ is allied’); an onomatopoetic term.