Aufstieg
German, noun
Aufstieg is a German masculine noun meaning “ascent, climb (the act of ascending)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, aufstieg is a different word: “first/third-person singular dependent preterite of aufsteigen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Aufwärtsentwicklung”.
What does Aufstieg mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineascent, climb (the act of ascending)
- 2
masculinepromotion (the reaching of a higher league)
- 3
Austriamasculineadvancement (the reaching of the next round in a tournament)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular dependent preterite of aufsteigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aufwärtsentwicklung 2. das Emporsteigen, Hinaufsteigen 3. aufwärtsführender Weg 4. Treppe
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 Aufstieg
- Aufstiegs genitive
- Aufstiege plural
- Aufstiegen dative definite plural
- Aufstieges genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Aufstieg
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Aufstieg in German?
Aufstieg appears 24 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).