This is the 1931st most frequent German word.
beschreibt
"Beschreibt" means "describes" in English.
Here, 'beschreibt' is the third-person singular form of the verb 'beschreiben', meaning 'to describe'. It is used to indicate the action of the author providing details about the landscape in the book.
Der Autor beschreibt die Landschaft in seinem Buch.
The author describes the landscape in his book.
In this case, 'beschreibt' is used metaphorically to mean that the painting depicts or represents the sunset's beauty visually.
Das Gemälde beschreibt die Schönheit des Sonnenuntergangs.
The painting depicts the beauty of the sunset.
Here, 'beschreibt' is used in its conventional sense to indicate that the person explains or details how the device works.