steigere

[ˈʃtaɪ̯ɡəʁə]

/[ˈʃtaɪ̯ɡəʁə]/ verb

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The verdict

“steigere” is uncommon German (frequency #72,964 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,964
frequency rank, German
107,600
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs steigern

Key facts for steigere
PropertyValue
Headwordsteigere
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃtaɪ̯ɡəʁə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#72,964
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “steigere” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). steigere lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

steigere is uncommon German at frequency #72,964 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃtaɪ̯ɡəʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for steigere in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is steigere, spelled S-T-E-I-G-E-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs steigern
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs steigern
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs steigern
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs steigern

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "steigere"?
"steigere" is spelled S-T-E-I-G-E-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtaɪ̯ɡəʁə].
What does "steigere" mean?
As a verb, "steigere" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs steigern
How do you pronounce "steigere"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "steigere" is [ˈʃtaɪ̯ɡəʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "steigere" come from?
"steigere" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “steigere”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-T-E-I-G-E-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈʃtaɪ̯ɡəʁə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list