"tone down" in German to tone down etw. entschärfen etw. abschwächen (Kritik Wortwahl etc.) Detailed translations for "tone down" to tone down to tone down(also: to soften, to defuse, to ease sth., to take some of the tension out of sth.) etw. entschärfen to tone down(also: to soften, to water down sth. (criticism, word choice etc.)) etw. abschwächen (Kritik{transitive verb} to tone down(also: to soften, to water down sth. (criticism, word choice etc.)) Wortwahl etc.)