schweigsam
German, adjective/ˈʃvaɪ̯kzaːm/
schweigsam is spelled S-C-H-W-E-I-G-S-A-M (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 62,285th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schweigsam is a German adjective meaning “silent (not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wenig redend, nicht zum Sprechen aufgelegt”.
What does schweigsam mean in English?
adjective
- 1
silent (not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. wenig redend, nicht zum Sprechen aufgelegt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of schweigsam
- schweigsamer masculine nominative singular
- am schweigsamsten superlative
- schweigsame feminine nominative singular
- schweigsames neuter nominative singular
- schweigsamen genitive masculine singular
- schweigsamem dative masculine singular
- der schweigsame definite includes-article masculine
- die schweigsame definite feminine includes-article
- das schweigsame definite includes-article neuter
- die schweigsamen definite includes-article nominative
- des schweigsamen definite genitive includes-article
- der schweigsamen definite feminine genitive
- dem schweigsamen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schweigsam?
- /ˈʃvaɪ̯kzaːm/
- [ˈʃvaɪ̯kzaːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schweigsam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schweigsam in German?
schweigsam appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).