shtum

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/ʃtʊm/

adjective

Silent; speechless; dumb.

OriginYiddish שטום (shtum) ← Middle High German stum ← Old High German stum →
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Meanings

adjectiveshtum (not comparable)

alternative schtoom · alternative schtum · alternative shtoom · alternative shtumm

  1. not comparableSilent; speechless; dumb.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*stummaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*stumm
  3. Old High Germanstum
  4. Middle High Germanstum
  5. Yiddishשטום (shtum)
  6. Englishshtum

Borrowed from Yiddish שטום (shtum, “mute, dumb, voiceless”), from Middle High German stum, from Old High German stum, from Proto-West Germanic *stumm. Cognate with German stumm, Dutch stom, Swedish stum. Doublet of stum.

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Translations

Dutch stom
  • stomsilent; mute; dumb
German stumm
  • stummsilent; mute; dumb
Swedish stum
  • stumsilent; mute; dumb

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with shtum

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Anagrams

musth
Cite this entry
APA

shtum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shtum

MLA

“shtum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shtum. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shtum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shtum.

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