stillen
See also: Stillen
German
Etymology
From still (“quiet”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃtɪlən/
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Verb
stillen (weak, third-person singular present stillt, past tense stillte, past participle gestillt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to nurse, suckle, breastfeed (a baby)
- Synonyms: die Brust geben, säugen
- (transitive) to quench (a need, e.g. hunger)
- (transitive) to ease (pain)
Conjugation
| infinitive | stillen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | stillend | ||||
| past participle | gestillt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich stille | wir stillen | i | ich stille | wir stillen |
| du stillst | ihr stillt | du stillest | ihr stillet | ||
| er stillt | sie stillen | er stille | sie stillen | ||
| preterite | ich stillte | wir stillten | ii | ich stillte1 | wir stillten1 |
| du stilltest | ihr stilltet | du stilltest1 | ihr stilltet1 | ||
| er stillte | sie stillten | er stillte1 | sie stillten1 | ||
| imperative | still (du) stille (du) |
stillt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Adjective
stillen
- inflection of still:
- strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- strong dative plural
- weak/mixed all-case plural
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