English Explanatory Dictionary

shtum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Silent; speechless; dumb.

Pronunciation

/ʃtʊm/ en-uk-shtum.oga

Word forms

shtum schtoom schtum shtoom shtumm

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *stummaz Proto-West Germanic *stumm Old High German stum Middle High German stum Yiddish שטום (shtum)bor. English shtum 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.

Derived words

keep shtum
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