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See also: Stillen

German

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Etymology

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From still (quiet).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtɪlən/
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Verb

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stillen (weak, third-person singular present stillt, past tense stillte, past participle gestillt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to nurse, suckle, breastfeed (a baby)
    Synonyms: die Brust geben, säugen
  2. (transitive) to quench (a need, e.g. hunger)
  3. (transitive) to ease (pain)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Adjective

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stillen

  1. inflection of still:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading

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  • stillen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • stillen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • stillen” in Duden online
  • stillen” in OpenThesaurus.de