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Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Related to stille (“to put, stand”), from or influenced by Low Saxon stille.

Adjective

stille (indeclinable)

  1. still
  2. quiet
  3. calm
  4. silent
  5. (adverbial) still, quietly, silently
Synonyms

Etymology 2

A substantivized form of the adjective. Compare German Stille (“stillness”).

Noun

stille n.

  1. calm (period without wind)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Old Norse stilla. In the senses satisfy, quench, allay from the adjective stille (“still, calm”).

Verb

stille (imperative stil, infinitive at stille, present tense stiller, past tense stillede, past participle er/har stillet)

  1. put, place, stand
  2. set (put; adjust)
  3. muster, turn up
  4. report (appear or present oneself)
  5. supply, furnish
  6. satisfy (to meet needs, to fulfill)
  7. quench, slake
  8. allay, alleviate
Synonyms

Dutch

Noun

stille c. (plural stillen, diminutive stilletje, diminutive plural stilletjes)

  1. silent person, who rarely speaks
  2. undercover agent (male only)

Adjective

stille

  1. The inflected formFAQ of stil.

German

Verb

stille

  1. First-person singular present of stillen.
  2. Imperative singular of stillen.
  3. First-person singular subjunctive I of stillen.
  4. Third-person singular subjunctive I of stillen.

Italian

Noun

stille f.

  1. Plural form of stilla.

Norwegian

Etymology 1

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Adjective

stille (masculine stille; feminine stille; neuter stille; plural stille; comparative stillere; superlative stillest)

  1. silent
  2. still

Verb

å stille (present tense stiller; past tense stilte; past participle stilt; present participle stillende; imperative still)

  1. to set

Etymology 2

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Verb

å stille (present tense stiller; past tense stillet; past participle stillet; present participle stillende; imperative still)

  1. (transitive, archaic, medicine) to calm; to still
    • du stillet bølgene (Psalms, 65:8)
      • you stilled the waves
    • han stillet det blødende såret
      • he stilled the bleeding wound

Usage notes

The verb is used only in idiomatic contexts in this form, i.e. in Biblical language and in relation to making a bleeding stop, although in the latter context stanse would still be a preferred term.

Old English

Etymology

West Germanic *still-, whence also Old High German stilli

Adjective

stille

  1. still

 

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