OriginFrom Old Swedish stīgha, from Old Norse stíga, from Proto-Germanic *stīganą.
Cognate with Danish stige, Norwegian stige, English sty, German steigen, Dutch stijgen.
- to step; to move the foot in walking
- intransitiveto rise, to increase
Formsstiger(present) · steg(preterite) · stigit(supine) · stig(imperative) · stiga(active, infinitive) · -(infinitive, passive) · stigit(active, supine) · -(passive, supine) · stig(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · stigen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · stiger(active, indicative, present) · steg(active, indicative, past) · -(indicative, passive, present) · -(indicative, passive, past) · stiga(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · stego(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)