Steige
German, noun
Steige is spelled S-T-E-I-G-E (6 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written German, the 13,339th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Steige is a German feminine noun meaning “path, driveway, especially when steep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Steig. In lower case, steige is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “befahrbarer steiler Straßen- oder Wegabschnitt”.
What does Steige mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepath, driveway, especially when steep
noun
- 1
Austriafemininelathed shed, sty (for animals)
- 2
Austriafemininecrate, tray (especially for fruits and vegetables)
noun
- 1
nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Steig
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. befahrbarer steiler Straßen- oder Wegabschnitt 2. Packmittel aus Holz, Kunststoff oder Pappe mit Stapelhilfen
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 Steige
- Steigen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Steige in German?
Steige appears 4.5 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).