Steig
German, noun
Steig is spelled S-T-E-I-G (5 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 17,258th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Steig is a German masculine noun meaning “climb (steep upward path)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, steig is a different word: “singular imperative of steigen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einfacher Weg in einem steilen Gelände”.
What does Steig mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineclimb (steep upward path)
- 2
masculinepass (in mountainous terrain)
- 3
masculinefootway, footpath
verb
- 1
singular imperative of steigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. einfacher Weg in einem steilen Gelände
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 Steig
- Steiges genitive
- Steigs genitive
- Steige plural
- Steigen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Steig in German?
Steig appears 3.2 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).