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shtum

/ʃtʊm/

shtum adjective: silent; speechless; dumb.

Adjective

shtum (not comparable)

  1. Silent; speechless; dumb.

shtum meaning in Bengali

shtum in Bengali

নিশ্চুপ, বাকহীন, বোবা

Forms of shtum

alternative formschtoom
alternative formschtum
alternative formshtoom
alternative formshtumm

Origin of shtum

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.

Words formed from shtum

Phrases with shtum

Words that rhyme with shtum

Questions about shtum

What does shtum mean?
Shtum means silent; speechless; dumb.
What is shtum in Bengali?
Shtum in Bengali is নিশ্চুপ, বাকহীন, বোবা. See Shtum meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is shtum?
Shtum is an adjective.
How do you pronounce shtum?
Shtum is pronounced /ʃtʊm/.

Words near shtum in the dictionary

  1. shtrudels
  2. shtshav
  3. shtuck
  4. shtuka
  5. shtukas
  6. shtum
  7. shtumm
  8. Shtundism
  9. Shtundist
  10. Shtundists
  11. shtup

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shtum (page history and authors); shtum (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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