English

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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stilling

  1. present participle and gerund of still

Noun

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stilling (plural stillings)

  1. The act by which something is made still.
    • 2011, Griselda Pollock, Maxim Silverman, Concentrationary Cinema:
      Rivette's interdiction on the tracking shot in Kapò contrasted with the double structure of arrests/stillings of image and spectator in Night and Fog served as an ethico-political talisman for all Daney's mature film criticism.

Etymology 2

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Compare Low German Stelling, German stellen (to set, to place).

Noun

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stilling (plural stillings)

  1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A stillion.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From stille +‎ -ing.

Noun

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stilling

  1. position
  2. post (position in employment)

Inflection

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From stilla (adjust, tune) +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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stilling f (genitive singular stillingar, nominative plural stillingar)

  1. adjustment
  2. composure
  3. (music) tuning

Declension

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    Declension of stilling
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stilling stillingin stillingar stillingarnar
accusative stillingu stillinguna stillingar stillingarnar
dative stillingu stillingunni stillingum stillingunum
genitive stillingar stillingarinnar stillinga stillinganna

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From stille +‎ -ing.

Noun

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stilling f or m (definite singular stillinga or stillingen, indefinite plural stillinger, definite plural stillingene)

  1. position
  2. post (position in employment)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From stille +‎ -ing.

Noun

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stilling f (definite singular stillinga, indefinite plural stillingar, definite plural stillingane)

  1. position
  2. post (position in employment)

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