German Verbs
    Verb

    schweigen

    to be silent

    Conjugation of schweigen

    English

    to be silent

    ichschweige
    duschweigst
    er/sie/esschweigt
    wirschweigen
    ihrschweigt
    sie/Sieschweigen

    Perfekt

    ich habe geschwiegen

    Partizip II

    geschwiegen

    Auxiliary

    haben

    Vocabulary lists with schweigen

    schweigen appears in the following vocabulary collections:

    Goethe B1 Verbs

    Practice schweigen in games

    Example Sentences

    • Ich schweige.

      I am silent.

      The verb is in position 2.

    • Warum schweigst du heute?

      Why are you silent today?

      In a question word question, the verb comes after the question word.

    • Der alte Mann schweigt.

      The old man is silent.

      The subject is nominative singular.