schweigen

B1 Verb frequency rank #1,942

What schweigen means

Verb

to be silent; to keep quiet
to stop talking; to shut up

Forms

schweigen · schweigt · schwieg · hat geschwiegen

Pronunciation

schweigen in a sentence

Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen.

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

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schweigen is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #1,942 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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