verb#8,639 by frequency
stillen
/ˈʃtɪlən/
to nurse, suckle, breastfeed; to quench; to ease
- er/sie/es
- stillt
- past
- stillte
- past participle
- gestillt
Meanings
- 1
to nurse, suckle, breastfeed — a baby
Maria möchte ihr Kind stillen, aber sie hat nicht genug Milch.
Mary wants to breastfeed her baby, but she's not making enough milk.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
Ich muss mein Baby stillen.
I have to breast-feed my baby.
Tatoeba · Zaghawa · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
to quench — a need, e.g. hunger
- 3
to ease — pain
Conjugation
| present | past | |
|---|---|---|
| ich | stille | stillte |
| du | stillst | stilltest |
| er/sie/es | stillt | stillte |
| wir | stillen | stillten |
| ihr | stillt | stilltet |
| sie/Sie | stillen | stillten |