German word

ruhig in German sentences

ruhig means "quiet" in English. Learn the word with article or verb notes, real German examples, and sentence practice.

Examples

Im Kurs leitet die Lehrerin die Lernenden ruhig an.

In class, the teacher guides the learners calmly.

Lara spricht den Fehler im Gespräch ruhig an.

Lara calmly brings up the error in the conversation.

Das Kind atmet ruhig und schläft weiter.

The child breathes calmly and keeps sleeping.

Lara fällt durch ihre ruhige Stimme auf.

Lara stands out because of her calm voice.

Die Lehrerin greift den Fehler ruhig auf.

The teacher addresses the mistake calmly.

Common mistake

Do not treat ruhig as a single isolated translation. Check how it behaves in the example sentence.