steil
German, adjective/ʃtaɪ̯l/
steil is spelled S-T-E-I-L (5 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written German, the 9,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Steil is a German adjective meaning “steep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von der Waagerechten stark abweichend, entweder ansteigend oder abfallend (auch figurativ)”.
What does steil mean in English?
adjective
- 1
steep
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von der Waagerechten stark abweichend, entweder ansteigend oder abfallend (auch figurativ) 2. großartig, imponierend 3. über größere Entfernung
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 steil
- steiler masculine nominative singular
- am steilsten superlative
- steile feminine nominative singular
- steiles neuter nominative singular
- steilen genitive masculine singular
- steilem dative masculine singular
- der steile definite includes-article masculine
- die steile definite feminine includes-article
- das steile definite includes-article neuter
- die steilen definite includes-article nominative
- des steilen definite genitive includes-article
- der steilen definite feminine genitive
- dem steilen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce steil?
- /ʃtaɪ̯l/
- [ʃtaɪ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to steil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is steil in German?
steil appears 6.9 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).