ansteigen
German, verb
ansteigen is a German verb meaning “to rise, increase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ansteigen is a different word: “gerund of ansteigen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “an Höhe gewinnen, nach oben verlaufen”.
What does ansteigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rise, increase
noun
- 1
neutergerund of ansteigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. an Höhe gewinnen, nach oben verlaufen 2. höher werden 3. mehr werden
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 ansteigen
- steigt an present singular third-person
- stieg an past
- angestiegen participle past
- sein auxiliary
- 1 strong
- ansteigend participle present
- anzusteigen infinitive infinitive-zu
- steige an first-person indicative present
- steigen an first-person indicative plural
- steigst an indicative present second-person
- steigest an second-person singular subjunctive
- steiget an plural second-person subjunctive
- stiegen an first-person indicative plural
- stiege an first-person formal rare
- stiegst an indicative preterite second-person
- stiegt an indicative plural preterite
- stiegest an formal rare second-person
- stieget an formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ansteigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ansteigen in German?
ansteigen appears 3.1 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).