Swedish edit

Etymology edit

tyst +‎ -na

Verb edit

tystna (present tystnar, preterite tystnade, supine tystnat, imperative tystna)

  1. (intransitive) to cease to make a sound, to fall silent
    Han tystnade
    He fell silent
    1. (intransitive) to stop (of something that makes a sound), to go silent
      Sången hade tystnat
      The (sound of) singing had stopped
      • 1967, “Lyckliga gatan [[The] Happy Street]”, Britt Lindeborg (lyrics), Adriano Celentano (music), performed by Anna-Lena Löfgren:
        Lyckliga gatan, du finns inte mer. Du har försvunnit med hela kvarter. Tystnat har leken, tystnat har sången. Högt över marken svävar betongen. När jag kom åter var allt så förändrat. Trampat och skövlat, fördärvat och skändat. Skall mellan dessa höga hus en dag stiga en sång, lika förunderlig och skön som den, vi hört en gång?
        [The] Happy Street, you no longer exist. You have disappeared with entire neighborhoods [blocks]. Gone silent has the play, gone silent has the song. High above the ground the concrete hovers. When I came back ["came again" – somewhat dated or poetic], everything was so changed. Trampled and devastated, ruined and desecrated. Shall ["skall" is synonymous with "ska" except matching "shall" in tone] between these tall buildings one day rise a song, as wondrous and fair as the one we [have] once heard?

Usage notes edit

  • For the transitive verb ("to silence"), see tysta.
  • Sometimes (somewhat poetically) of something having stopped forever in (sense 1.1).

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