stiga

stiga

1. 3rd person singular past indicative form of stigt
2. 3rd person plural past indicative form of stigt

• stige (e and split infinitives)

From Old Norse stíga.

• IPA^(key): /²stiːɡɑ/

stiga (present tense stig, past tense steig, supine stige, past participle stigen, present participle stigande, imperative stig)

1. to rise, move upwards

   Prisane stig. ― The prices are rising.

   Fuglen steig til vers. ― The bird rose into the sky.

2. to step (take a step), get on or get off (bus, train)
   • 1982, Ragnar Hovland, Sveve over vatna:

     Det hadde begynt å regne då eg steig av bussen med koffertane mine […]

     It had started raining when I stepped off the bus with my suitcases […]

• “stiga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *stiją. Cognate with English sty.

stīga n

1. cage for animals, stall

• Middle High German: stīge
  • German: Steige
• → Italian: stia

stiga

1. genitive plural of stig
2. inflection of stigi:
   1. oblique singular
   2. accusative plural
   3. genitive plural
3. inflection of stigr:
   1. accusative plural
   2. genitive plural

stiga

1. first-person singular past subjunctive of stíga

From Old Swedish stīgha, from Old Norse stíga, from Proto-Germanic *stīganą. Cognate with Danish stige, Norwegian stige, English sty, German steigen, Dutch stijgen.

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stiga (present stiger, preterite steg, supine stigit, imperative stig)

1. to step; to move the foot in walking
2. (intransitive) to rise, to increase

• avstiga
• bestiga
• framstiga
• instiga
• nedstiga
• steg
• stega
• stiga av
• stiga fram
• stiga in
• stiga upp
• stiga ut
• stiga ned
• stiga ombord
• stiga på
• stigare
• stiga upp
• stiga över
• stigning
• uppstiga
• utstiga

• stiga in Svensk ordbok.
• stiga in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)

• tigas