Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
sch machen
English translation:
to say/go shush
Added to glossary by
Olav Rixen
Oct 22, 2004 16:17
20 yrs ago
German term
Canada
sch machen
German to English
Art/Literary
Music
From one of Mozart's letters home:
"Mithin machten die Zuhörer, wie ich's erwarte, beym piano sch - dann kamm gleich das forte - sie das forte hören, und die hände zu klatschen war eins."
"Mithin machten die Zuhörer, wie ich's erwarte, beym piano sch - dann kamm gleich das forte - sie das forte hören, und die hände zu klatschen war eins."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +6 | to say "shush" |
Derek Gill Franßen
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| 2 | hushed / fell silent / (shut up) |
Francis Lee (X)
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Proposed translations
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Derek Gill Franßen
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Germany
German Attorney & University Lecturer
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English, English to German, and 1 more.
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to say "shush"
See: http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/english... :-)
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Note added at 5 mins (2004-10-22 16:22:55 GMT)
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OR: \"to utter \'shush\'\" ;-)
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Note added at 5 mins (2004-10-22 16:22:55 GMT)
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OR: \"to utter \'shush\'\" ;-)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, Derek, and all who tried."
23 hrs
hushed / fell silent / (shut up)
Couldn't it also mean they themselves shut up?
e.g. "a hush fell over the listeners"
e.g. "a hush fell over the listeners"
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