"den Teufel an die Wand malen" meaning in All languages combined

See den Teufel an die Wand malen on Wiktionary

Verb [German]

IPA: /deːn ˈtɔɪ̯fl̩ an diː vant ˈmaːlən/ Audio: De-den_Teufel_an_die_Wand_malen.ogg
Etymology: Literally, “to paint the devil on the wall”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to paint the devil on the wall}} “to paint the devil on the wall”, {{lit|to paint the devil on the wall}} Literally, “to paint the devil on the wall” Head templates: {{de-verb|den_Teufel_an_die_Wand_malen}} den Teufel an die Wand malen (weak, third-person singular present malt den Teufel an die Wand, past tense malte den Teufel an die Wand, past participle den Teufel an die Wand gemalt, auxiliary haben) Inflection templates: {{de-conj|den_Teufel_an_die_Wand_malen}} Forms: malt den Teufel an die Wand [present, singular, third-person], malte den Teufel an die Wand [past], den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [participle, past], haben [auxiliary], weak [table-tags], haben [auxiliary], den Teufel an die Wand malen [infinitive], den Teufel an die Wand malend [participle, present], den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [participle, past], den Teufel an die Wand zu malen [infinitive, infinitive-zu], male den Teufel an die Wand [first-person, indicative, present, singular], malen den Teufel an die Wand [first-person, indicative, plural, present], male den Teufel an die Wand [first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], malen den Teufel an die Wand [first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], malst den Teufel an die Wand [indicative, present, second-person, singular], malt den Teufel an die Wand [indicative, plural, present, second-person], malest den Teufel an die Wand [second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], malet den Teufel an die Wand [plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], malt den Teufel an die Wand [indicative, present, singular, third-person], malen den Teufel an die Wand [indicative, plural, present, third-person], male den Teufel an die Wand [singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], malen den Teufel an die Wand [plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], malte den Teufel an die Wand [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], malten den Teufel an die Wand [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], malte den Teufel an die Wand [first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], malten den Teufel an die Wand [first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], maltest den Teufel an die Wand [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], maltet den Teufel an die Wand [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], maltest den Teufel an die Wand [second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], maltet den Teufel an die Wand [plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], malte den Teufel an die Wand [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], malten den Teufel an die Wand [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], malte den Teufel an die Wand [singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], malten den Teufel an die Wand [plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], mal den Teufel an die Wand [imperative, second-person, singular], male den Teufel an die Wand [imperative, second-person, singular], malt den Teufel an die Wand [imperative, plural, second-person], weak [table-tags], haben [auxiliary], den Teufel an die Wand male [first-person, indicative, present, singular, subordinate-clause], den Teufel an die Wand malen [first-person, indicative, plural, present, subordinate-clause], den Teufel an die Wand male [first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause], den Teufel an die Wand malen [first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause], den Teufel an die Wand malst [indicative, present, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause], den Teufel an die Wand malt [indicative, plural, present, second-person, subordinate-clause], den Teufel an die Wand malest [second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause], den Teufel an die Wand malet [plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause], den Teufel an die Wand malt [indicative, present, singular, subordinate-clause, third-person], den Teufel an die Wand malen [indicative, plural, present, subordinate-clause, third-person], den Teufel an die Wand male [singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause, third-person], den Teufel an die Wand malen [plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause, third-person], den Teufel an die Wand malte [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular, subordinate-clause], den Teufel an die Wand malten [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite, subordinate-clause], den Teufel an die Wand malte [first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause], den Teufel an die Wand malten [first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause], den Teufel an die Wand maltest [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause], den Teufel an die Wand maltet [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person, subordinate-clause], den Teufel an die Wand maltest [second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause], den Teufel an die Wand maltet [plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause], den Teufel an die Wand malte [indicative, preterite, singular, subordinate-clause, third-person], den Teufel an die Wand malten [indicative, plural, preterite, subordinate-clause, third-person], den Teufel an die Wand malte [singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause, third-person], den Teufel an die Wand malten [plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause, third-person], weak [table-tags], haben [auxiliary], habe den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular], haben den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural], habe den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive], haben den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive], hast den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular], habt den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person], habest den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], habet den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], hat den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person], haben den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, third-person], habe den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], haben den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], hatte den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular], hatten den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural], hätte den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive], hätten den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive], hattest den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular], hattet den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person], hättest den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], hättet den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], hatte den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, third-person], hatten den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, third-person], hätte den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], hätten den Teufel an die Wand gemalt [multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], den Teufel an die Wand malen werden [future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction], werde den Teufel an die Wand malen [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werden den Teufel an die Wand malen [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdest den Teufel an die Wand malen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdet den Teufel an die Wand malen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werde den Teufel an die Wand malen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werden den Teufel an die Wand malen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werde den Teufel an die Wand malen [first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular], werden den Teufel an die Wand malen [first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural], würde den Teufel an die Wand malen [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würden den Teufel an die Wand malen [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wirst den Teufel an die Wand malen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], werdet den Teufel an die Wand malen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person], würdest den Teufel an die Wand malen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würdet den Teufel an die Wand malen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wird den Teufel an die Wand malen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person], werden den Teufel an die Wand malen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, third-person], würde den Teufel an die Wand malen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], würden den Teufel an die Wand malen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], den Teufel an die Wand gemalt haben werden [future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction], werde den Teufel an die Wand gemalt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werden den Teufel an die Wand gemalt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdest den Teufel an die Wand gemalt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdet den Teufel an die Wand gemalt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werde den Teufel an die Wand gemalt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werden den Teufel an die Wand gemalt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werde den Teufel an die Wand gemalt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular], werden den Teufel an die Wand gemalt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural], würde den Teufel an die Wand gemalt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würden den Teufel an die Wand gemalt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wirst den Teufel an die Wand gemalt haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], werdet den Teufel an die Wand gemalt haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person], würdest den Teufel an die Wand gemalt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würdet den Teufel an die Wand gemalt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wird den Teufel an die Wand gemalt haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person], werden den Teufel an die Wand gemalt haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, third-person], würde den Teufel an die Wand gemalt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], würden den Teufel an die Wand gemalt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person]
  1. (colloquial) to be overly pessimistic (and thereby evoke a bad outcome) Tags: colloquial, weak
    Sense id: en-den_Teufel_an_die_Wand_malen-de-verb-9emJJ6oT Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms with collocations

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    },
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      "form": "den Teufel an die Wand male",
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    {
      "form": "den Teufel an die Wand malen",
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        "indicative",
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        "subordinate-clause"
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    {
      "form": "den Teufel an die Wand male",
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        "subjunctive",
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    },
    {
      "form": "den Teufel an die Wand malen",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "subordinate-clause"
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    {
      "form": "den Teufel an die Wand malst",
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subordinate-clause"
      ]
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      "form": "den Teufel an die Wand malt",
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        "subordinate-clause"
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    {
      "form": "den Teufel an die Wand malest",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
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      "form": "den Teufel an die Wand malet",
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    {
      "form": "den Teufel an die Wand malt",
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    {
      "form": "den Teufel an die Wand malen",
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      "form": "den Teufel an die Wand male",
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    {
      "form": "den Teufel an die Wand malen",
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    {
      "form": "den Teufel an die Wand malte",
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "German colloquialisms",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German multiword terms",
        "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "German terms with audio links",
        "German terms with collocations",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "German verbs",
        "German verbs with red links in their inflection tables",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations"
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          "english": "Don't be so pessimistic!",
          "text": "Mal den Teufel nicht an die Wand!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1948 April 29, Erwin Topf, “Hie Erhard – hie Schiller”, in Die Zeit",
          "text": "Das neuerdings so beliebte Spiel, den Teufel der Deflation an die Wand zu malen, macht Erhard nicht mit. Er spricht von einer “Schock-Wirkung” der Geldreform—nicht von einer “Krise”.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2023 September 25, Michael Bartsch, “OB-Wahl in Nordhausen: Wie es anders geht”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN",
          "text": "Nordhausen zeigt: Wenn der Teufel nicht an die Wand gemalt und auf Wählerbeschimpfung verzichtet wird, kann die AfD gestoppt werden.",
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        "to be overly pessimistic (and thereby evoke a bad outcome)"
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      "ipa": "/deːn ˈtɔɪ̯fl̩ an diː vant ˈmaːlən/"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/De-den_Teufel_an_die_Wand_malen.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
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  "word": "den Teufel an die Wand malen"
}

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