Translation of "understate" - English-German dictionary

understate

verb /andəˈsteit/

to state less than the truth about (something)

untertreiben
She has understated her difficulties.
understatement noun

die Untertreibung
It’s an understatement to say he’s foolish – he’s quite mad.

(Translation of “understate” from the PASSWORD English–German Dictionary © 2014 K Dictionaries Ltd)