adjective
quiet, silent, calm
B1
'still' is an adjective meaning 'quiet', 'silent' or 'calm'. It is gradable: comparative 'stiller', superlative 'am stillsten'. Antonym: 'laut'. Not a participle. Can be used attributively and predicatively; often appears as adverb without inflection (e.g., 'sag es still'), context decides nuance of silence or calm.
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Der Saal blieb still, als die Musiker die Bühne betraten, und das Publikum hörte gespannt zu.
The hall remained quiet when the musicians took the stage, and the audience listened intently.
Er blieb still, als die Frage gestellt wurde.
He stayed silent when the question was asked.
Im Museum war es so still, dass man eine Stecknadel fallen hören konnte.
It was so quiet in the museum you could hear a pin drop.
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Picture a perfectly still lake with no ripples to remember 'still' = calm/quiet.
Same spelling and meaning as English 'still' pronounced similarly to mean quiet.
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Common adjective meaning 'quiet' or 'motionless'; do not confuse with English 'still' meaning 'yet' — meanings overlap but contexts differ.