shtum

Meaning

Silent; speechless; dumb.

Synonyms

tongueless

Translations

أخرس

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mut

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sprachlos

stumm

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άναυδος

aphone

muet

coi

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sans voix

incapable de parler

muto

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ammutolito

senza parole

elinguis

stom

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃtʊm/

Etymology

Cognate with German: stumm

Cognate with Dutch: stom

Cognate with Swedish: stum

In summary

Borrowed from Yiddish שטום (shtum, “mute, dumb, voiceless”), from Middle High German stum, from Old High German stum, from Proto-West Germanic *stumm. Cognate with German stumm, Dutch stom, Swedish stum. Doublet of stum.