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schweigen
01
to be silent, to keep quiet
Nicht sprechen
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
State verb
Strong
Auxiliary verb
haben
1st person singular
schweige
3rd person singular
schweigt
Present participle
schweigend
Past simple
schwieg
Past participle
geschwiegen
Examples
Das Opfer schwieg aus Angst.
The victim kept quiet out of fear.
