steuern
German, verb
steuern is spelled S-T-E-U-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears 42 times per million words in written German, the 2,026th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Steuern is a German verb meaning “to steer, to navigate, to pilot, to operate, to control” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Steuern is a different word: “plural of Steuer”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Fahrzeug oder ein technisches Gerät lenken”.
What does steuern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to steer, to navigate, to pilot, to operate, to control
- 2
to govern, to direct, to head; to control
- 3
obsolete[with auf (+ accusative)] to use something or someone for support
- 4
to pay a tax
- 5
archaicto levy from, to tax
- 6
obsolete[with dative] to contravene, to withsit
- 7
archaic[with dative] to assist, to come to the aid of
noun
- 1
plural of Steuer
noun
- 1
neutergerund of steuern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Fahrzeug oder ein technisches Gerät lenken 2. einen Prozess, eine Handlung anführend beeinflussen 3. eine bestimmte Richtung einschlagen 4. gegen etwas kämpfen
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 steuern
- steuert present singular third-person
- steuerte past
- gesteuert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- steuernd participle present
- steure first-person indicative present
- steuere first-person indicative present
- steuer first-person indicative present
- steuerst indicative present second-person
- steuerest second-person singular subjunctive
- steurest second-person singular subjunctive
- steueret plural second-person subjunctive
- steuret plural second-person subjunctive
- steuerten first-person indicative plural
- steuertest indicative preterite second-person
- steuertet indicative plural preterite
- steuere! imperative singular
- steuer! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to steuern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is steuern in German?
steuern appears 42 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).