Polyglot Dictionary

Stillstand

/ˈʃtɪlˌʃtant/

der noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. standstill

    Built from still (still, quiet) + Stand (stand, state).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

English

impasse

impasse is the English word for the same thing — both mean "standstill."

French

pat

Close — a standstill relates to a stalemate (pat).

Practice

1 What does Stillstand mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Verkehr kam zum ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Stillstand?

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