"be silent" in German to be silent schweigen Detailed translations for "be silent" to be silent to be silent(also: to keep still, to remain silent, to stay silent, to keep silent) schweigen{intransitive verb} I'm doing this because I do not wish to be silent any more. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Ich tue das, weil ich... ..weil ich einfach nicht mehr schweigen will.