31 мар. 2022 г. · You can say "please be quiet" (bitte sei still) and that is better but not... great. Like in English, you can extend this to make it less serious.

16 янв. 2019 г. · I think Germans tend to use „ruhig“ for quiet even if that's not the real meaning. For example we say „Sei ruhig“ if you want somebody to shut ...

5 сент. 2021 г. · I'd say "Halt den Rand" and "Halt die Klappe" are more common than "Gusch" (but maybe I'm biased because I live in the West of Germany - and not ...

30 мая 2023 г. · It would be "kein Bellen", it's a noun. Or nicht bellen if you consider it an infinitive.

28 апр. 2019 г. · Ruhig means quiet. Still means silent. But someone who says "Sei ruhig" often actually means "still" and wants the other person to be silent.

3 мар. 2018 г. · Yeah, ruhig could also be used to tell someone to be quiet, that's why. As an example, "Sei ruhig!" can be used instead of "Sei leise!

30 мая 2017 г. · Of course you can also say them in the formal way (Sie instead of du), by replacing sei and halt with seien Sie and halten Sie.

24 окт. 2023 г. · "Sei ruhig" and "sei still" are more like "don't talk at all". "Sei leise" is more like "talk quietly".

21 дек. 2020 г. · "Schweige!" == "May the gentleman/lady be silent!" "Ey, schhhht!" may work universally, although I wouldn't say it to my boss.

20 сент. 2019 г. · What do you mean: using a sentence, a word, an onomatopoeia like saying "psst!" holding a finger before your mouth?