verstummen
In English: to fall silent
B1VERB
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Verb forms
- Präteritum
- verstummte
- Partizip II
- verstummt
- Perfekt auxiliary
- sein
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Example sentences
Furcht ließ ihn verstummen.
Fear robbed him of speech.
Tatoeba · samueldora · CC BY 2.0 FRDie Überraschung ließ Markus verstummen.
The surprise left Marcus speechless.
Tatoeba · al_ex_an_der · CC BY 2.0 FRDie Menge verstummte plötzlich.
Suddenly, the crowd fell silent.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FRDon't forget this word
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