"played down" in German played down heruntergespielt verharmlost verniedlicht Detailed translations for "played down" played down played down(also: downplayed, minimized, minimised, made light of) heruntergespielt played down(also: trivialised, whitewashed, downplayed, minimized) verharmlost Been tolerated and played down State Government. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Landesregierung geduldet und verharmlost worden. played down(also: downplayed, minimized, minimised, made light of) verniedlicht