steigere

[ˈʃtaɪ̯ɡəʁə]

/[ˈʃtaɪ̯ɡəʁə]/ verb

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The verdict

“steigere” is uncommon German (frequency #72,964 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,964
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs steigern

Corpus desk

Index DE-steigere · steigere · German

steigere · rank #72,964 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,964
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Steigbügel

Nearest frequency peer: Steigbügel (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „steigere“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „steigere“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for steigere
PropertyValue
Headwordsteigere
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃtaɪ̯ɡəʁə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#72,964
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „steigere“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).steigerefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Steigbügel“ (#72,963), „Stehplatz“ (#72,962), „Steinhausen“ (#72,966). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „steigere“ bei #72,964. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

steigere is uncommon German at frequency #72,964 among 8,027 “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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "steigere", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list