verstummen
to fall silent
- Past (Präteritum)
- verstummte
- Past participle
- verstummt (sein)
Regular weak verb indicating a change of state, thus requiring sein as the auxiliary. It describes the process of stopping speech suddenly due to shock, realization, or embarrassment. It is frequently used in literary descriptions to depict the reaction to unexpected news or a sudden shift in social tension. Do not confuse with intransitive verbs that take haben to describe sustained silence or lack of noise production over a period of time, which are distinct in grammatical usage and aspect.
Conjugation
Present
- verstummt
- present, singular, third-person
- verstumme
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- verstummen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- verstummst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- verstummte
- past
- verstummten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- verstummtest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- verstummtet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- verstumme
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- verstummen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- verstummest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- verstummet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- verstummte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- verstummten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- verstummtest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- verstummtet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- sei verstummt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- seien verstummt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- seist verstummt
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seiest verstummt
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seiet verstummt
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- wäre verstummt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- wären verstummt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- wärst verstummt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- wärest verstummt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- wärt verstummt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- wäret verstummt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde verstummen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden verstummen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest verstummen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet verstummen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde verstummen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden verstummen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest verstummen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet verstummen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde verstummt sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden verstummt sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest verstummt sein
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
Imperative
- verstumm
- imperative, second-person, singular
- verstumme
- imperative, second-person, singular
- verstummt
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- verstummt
- participle, past
- verstummend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- verstummen
- infinitive
Other
- bin verstummt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- sind verstummt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- bist verstummt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- seid verstummt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- ist verstummt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- war verstummt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- waren verstummt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- warst verstummt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- wart verstummt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- verstummen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde verstummen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden verstummen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst verstummen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet verstummen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird verstummen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- verstummt sein werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde verstummt sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden verstummt sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst verstummt sein
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet verstummt sein
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird verstummt sein
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- Verstummen
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong