stilling

stilling

1. present participle and gerund of still

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.

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

stilling (plural stillings)

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

• liltings, tillings

From stille +‎ -ing.

stilling

1. position
2. post (position in employment)

From stilla (“adjust, tune”) +‎ -ing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɪtliŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɪtliŋk

stilling f (genitive singular stillingar, nominative plural stillingar)

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

• hjartastilling

From stille +‎ -ing.

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

1. position
2. post (position in employment)

• særstilling

• “stilling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From stille +‎ -ing.

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

1. position
2. post (position in employment)

• særstilling

• “stilling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.