stillen
to quiet or satisfy
- Past (Präteritum)
- stillte
- Past participle
- gestillt (haben)
Regular weak verb. It primarily denotes satisfying a physical need like hunger, thirst, or a baby's desire for milk. Figuratively, it is used for quenching or soothing emotions such as curiosity, grief, or longing. It is not to be confused with the irregular verb stillen in the sense of being silent, which is typically represented by the verb schweigen or the adjective still.
Conjugation
Present
- stille
- first-person, form-of, present, singular
- stillt
- present, singular, third-person
- stillen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- stillst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- stillte
- past
- stillten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- stilltest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- stilltet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- stille
- first-person, form-of, singular, subjunctive-i, third-person
- stillest
- form-of, second-person, singular, subjunctive-i
- stillen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- stillet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- stillte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- stillten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- stilltest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- stilltet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gestillt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gestillt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gestillt
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gestillt
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gestillt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gestillt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gestillt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gestillt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde stillen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden stillen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest stillen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet stillen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde stillen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden stillen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest stillen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet stillen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gestillt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gestillt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gestillt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet gestillt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde gestillt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden gestillt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- stille
- form-of, imperative, singular
- still
- imperative, second-person, singular
- stillt
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gestillt
- participle, past
- stillend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- stillen
- infinitive
Other
- habe gestillt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gestillt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gestillt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gestillt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gestillt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gestillt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gestillt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gestillt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gestillt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- stillen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde stillen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden stillen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst stillen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet stillen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird stillen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gestillt haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gestillt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gestillt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gestillt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gestillt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gestillt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- Stillen
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong