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verputzen

to plaster (a wall)

verb fer-POOT-sen Rare

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.

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