thatswhywelovegermany:

  • jemanden = someone
  • etwas = something
  • tot = dead
  • schweigen = to remain silent, do be silent

jemanden / etwas totschweigen = to pretend someone / something is / was not there, to pretend someome / something does not exist, to pretend something never happened, to keep something under wraps, to keep dead quiet about something, to hush something up