Also means
to gobble up (food, colloquial)
Usage Note
verputzen means to apply a coat of plaster (Putz) to a brick or concrete wall surface. Colloquially it also means to eat something up quickly (Er hat den ganzen Kuchen verputzt). In construction contexts it always means plastering.
Examples
"Die Außenwand muss neu verputzt werden, weil der alte Putz abblättert."
Natural Translation
The exterior wall must be re-plastered because the old plaster is peeling off.
Literal Translation
The outer-wall must newly plastered be, because the old plaster peels-off.
Related Words
- Anmeldeformular registration form
- Anzahlung down payment, deposit (partial)
- Balkonbepflanzung balcony planting, balcony garden
- Briefkasten letterbox, post box
- Dachgeschosswohnung top-floor apartment, penthouse flat
- Eigenheim owner-occupied home, one's own home
- Eigentumswohnung owner-occupied flat; condominium apartment
- Einliegerwohnung granny flat, in-law suite, ancillary dwelling unit
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