stummschalten
German, verb/ˈʃtʊmʃaltən/
stummschalten is spelled S-T-U-M-M-S-C-H-A-L-T-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stummschalten is a German verb meaning “to mute (to turn off the sound of an electronic device, such as a smartphone or TV)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Lautsprecher eines elektronischen Geräts lautlos stellen”.
What does stummschalten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mute (to turn off the sound of an electronic device, such as a smartphone or TV)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Lautsprecher eines elektronischen Geräts lautlos stellen
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 stummschalten
- schaltet stumm present singular third-person
- schaltete stumm past
- stummgeschaltet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- stummschaltend participle present
- stummzuschalten infinitive infinitive-zu
- schalte stumm first-person indicative present
- schalten stumm first-person indicative plural
- schaltest stumm indicative present second-person
- schalteten stumm first-person indicative plural
- schaltetest stumm indicative preterite second-person
- schaltetet stumm indicative plural preterite
- schalt stumm! imperative singular
- schalte stumm! imperative singular
- schaltet stumm! imperative plural
- stummgeschaltet haben active infinitive perfect
- stummgeschaltet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- stummgeschaltet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce stummschalten?
- /ˈʃtʊmʃaltən/
- [ˈʃtʊmʃaltn̩]
- [ˈʃtʊmˌʃaltn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to stummschalten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is stummschalten in German?
stummschalten appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).