"understatement" in English Understatement {n} understatement "understatement" English translation understatement Tiefstapelei Untertreibung Understatement Detailed translations for "understatement" das Understatement{neuter} Understatement(also: Untertreibung, Tiefstapelei) understatement Das ist das Understatement des Jahres. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review That's the understatement of the year.