Totenstille
German, noun/ˈtoːtn̩ˌʃtɪlə/
Totenstille is spelled T-O-T-E-N-S-T-I-L-L-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 113,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Totenstille is a German feminine noun meaning “dead silence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine tiefe, oft Furcht erweckende Stille”.
What does Totenstille mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedead silence
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine tiefe, oft Furcht erweckende Stille
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Totenstille?
- /ˈtoːtn̩ˌʃtɪlə/
- [ˈtoːtn̩ˌʃtɪlə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Totenstille in German?
Totenstille appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).