Translation
quiet, silent; still, calm
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Word origin
From Old High German stilli, the same Germanic word as English still.
- Origin
- Old High German
- Root
- stilli
- English cognates
- still
Grammar
Examples
, .
Please be quiet, the baby is sleeping.
Morgenlicht.
The lake lay completely still in the morning light.
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After the argument, the room went quiet.
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(23)German Adjectives as Nouns: die Reichen, das Gute, das Deutsch
German Articles: Der, Die, Das and the Full Case Chart
German Cases Chart: All Four, in the Order They Matter
German Superlative and Comparative: -er, am -sten and Umlauts
German Compound Nouns: Connecting Letters (Fugenelemente)
German Da-Compounds: darauf, damit, dafür, davon Explained
German Future Tense: werden Plus the Infinitive (and Futur II)
German 'Used To': früher + Perfect Tense, and the Historical Present
German Irregular Verbs: The Strong Verb Patterns That Repeat
German letzter, nächster and wenig: Last, Next and Little
German Modal Verbs: All Six Conjugated as One Block
German Numbers: 1 to 100, einundzwanzig and the Big Ones
German Perfect Tense: haben or sein, Plus a Past Participle
German Plurals Beyond the Basics: -nis Nouns and Neuter -(e)n
German Prepositions: Which Case Each One Takes, in One Chart
German Question Words: wer, was, wo, wann, warum and wie
German Reflexive Verbs: sich, mich, mir and When to Use Each
German Relative Pronouns: der, die, das Do a Second Job
German Separable Verbs with Modals and werden: Word Order
German Separable Verbs: anrufen, aufstehen and the Prefix That Jumps to the End
German Simple Past (Präteritum): war, hatte and the Written Past
German Conjunctions: weil, dass, wenn and the Verb That Goes Last
German Verb Conjugation: The One Pattern Under Every Verb
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 3: Words 521-530.