Steigung
German, noun[ˈʃtaɪ̯ɡʊŋ]
Steigung is spelled S-T-E-I-G-U-N-G (8 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,930th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Steigung is a German feminine noun meaning “slope (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Steilheitsgrad (allgemein) und speziell in Aufwärtsrichtung”.
What does Steigung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslope (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward)
- 2
feminineslope
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Steilheitsgrad (allgemein) und speziell in Aufwärtsrichtung 2. Ergebnis einer Differentiation, also die Bildung eines Differentialquotienten
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 Steigung
- Steigungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Steigung?
- [ˈʃtaɪ̯ɡʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Steigung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Steigung in German?
Steigung appears 2.3 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).