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shtum

/ʃtʊm/

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Where it comes from

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.

adjective schtoom · schtum · shtoom · shtumm

not comparable Silent; speechless; dumb.

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adj silent; mute; dumb

Deutsch	stumm

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"shtum." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shtum. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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shtum. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shtum

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"shtum." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shtum.

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@misc{shtum_2026,
  title = {shtum},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shtum},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}