"put a cover on sth" in German to put a cover on sth. etw. überziehen bedecken einhüllen Detailed translations for "put a cover on sth" to put a cover on sth. to put a cover on sth.(also: to cover sth.) etw. überziehen to put a cover on sth.(also: to cover, to canopy, to cover sth., to coat) bedecken to put a cover on sth.(also: to cover sth., to jacket, to enshroud, to muffle) einhüllen{transitive verb}