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Describes the state of the sky when it is covered with clouds and the sun is not shining, or is only partly shining.
Morgen soll es bewölkt sein, aber es wird nicht regnen.
Tomorrow is supposed to be cloudy, but it won’t rain.
The word is derived from the noun 'die Wolke' (cloud). The prefix 'be-' here means 'provided with something', and the ending '-t' forms the participle. So 'bewölkt' (cloudy) literally means 'provided with clouds'.
Der Himmel war heute Morgen noch klar, aber jetzt ist er komplett bewölkt.
The sky was still clear this morning, but now it is completely cloudy.
As a weather adjective, 'bewölkt' (cloudy) is very often used together with the verbs 'sein' (to be), 'werden' (to become), or 'bleiben' (to remain) to describe a state or a change in the weather.
Laut Wetterbericht soll es das ganze Wochenende bewölkt bleiben.
According to the weather forecast, it is supposed to remain cloudy all weekend.
To describe the degree of cloud cover, the word is often combined with adverbs such as 'leicht' (lightly), 'stark' (heavily), 'dicht' (densely), or 'wechselnd' (variably).
Es ist nur leicht bewölkt, die Sonne kommt immer wieder durch.
It is only lightly cloudy; the sun keeps coming through.
You can recognize the figurative meaning by the fact that 'bewölkt' (clouded) refers to a person. It is almost always used with words like 'Miene' (expression), 'Blick' (look), 'Stirn' (forehead), or 'Stimmung' (mood).
Als er die schlechte Note sah, wurde sein Blick sofort bewölkt.
When he saw the bad grade, his look immediately became clouded.
enlightened / solved / cleared
'aufgeklärt' and 'bewölkt' are opposites when talking about the weather. 'bewölkt' means that there are many clouds in the sky and the sun is not shining, or is only partly shining. 'aufgeklärt' describes that the clouds have disappeared and the sky is clear again. So 'bewölkt' fits when the sky is rather gray; 'aufgeklärt' fits when it becomes brighter and clearer again after clouds or rain.
Am Montag blieb es den ganzen Tag bewölkt.
On Monday it stayed cloudy all day.
Gegen Mittag war der Himmel aufgeklärt, und wir konnten draußen essen.
Around noon the sky had cleared, and we were able to eat outside.