still
German, adjective/ʃtɪl/
still is spelled S-T-I-L-L (5 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written German, the 2,961st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Still is a German adjective meaning “quiet, silent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Zustand der Bewegungslosigkeit, der Unbewegtheit und der Ruhe”.
What does still mean in English?
adjective
- 1
quiet, silent
stiller Alarm.
- 2
without carbonation, flat
Stilles Mineralwasser.
adverb
- 1
quietly, silently
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. im Zustand der Bewegungslosigkeit, der Unbewegtheit und der Ruhe 2. im Zustand der Lautlosigkeit, des Innehaltens, des Schweigens 3. im Zustand der Zurückgezogenheit, der Verborgenheit, der Heimlichkeit
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of still
- stiller masculine nominative singular
- am stillsten superlative
- stille feminine nominative singular
- stilles neuter nominative singular
- stillen genitive masculine singular
- stillem dative masculine singular
- der stille definite includes-article masculine
- die stille definite feminine includes-article
- das stille definite includes-article neuter
- die stillen definite includes-article nominative
- des stillen definite genitive includes-article
- der stillen definite feminine genitive
- dem stillen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce still?
- /ʃtɪl/
- [ʃtɪl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to still
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is still in German?
still appears 28 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).