# die Totenstille

die Totenstille is a German noun meaning “dead silence”. Forms: der Totenstille.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Totenstille

## In other languages

- Русский: мёртвая тишина, глубокое молчание

## Meanings

1. _no plural_ dead silence

## Examples

- Im Haus herrschte Totenstille. — The house was dead silent.
- Es war eine Totenstille. Man konnte eine Stecknadel fallen hören. — It was dead silent. You could hear a pin drop.
- Die Lehrerin schlug mit dem Rohrstock auf das hölzerne Pult – Totenstille. — The teacher rapped her cane on the wooden desk, and there was dead silence.
- Es herrschte Totenstille. — There was dead silence.

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