taushet

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From taus +‎ -het.

Noun

taushet f or m (definite singular tausheta or tausheten, indefinite plural tausheter, definite plural taushetene)

  1. silence
    Tale er sølv, men taushet er gull. ― Speech is silver, silence is golden.

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