Examples of using "Geschwiegen" in a sentence and their english translations:
- I have been silent for a long time.
- I've been silent for a long time.
I should've kept my mouth shut, right?
If you had remained silent, you would have remained a philosopher.
- I have been silent for a long time.
- I've been silent for a long time.
Speech is silver, but silence is golden.
When they locked up the social democrats, I said nothing, because I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists, I said nothing, because I was not a trade unionist.
- When the Nazis came for the communists, I said nothing, because I was not a communist.
- First they came for the communists and I did not speak out, because I was not a communist.
Many Americans are uncomfortable with silence, and they tend to regard silence in a conversation as a signal that they need to start talking.