stiga

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See also: stíga and štiga

Latvian

Verb

stiga

  1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of stigt

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • stige (e and split infinitives)

Etymology

From Old Norse stíga.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

References

Old High German

Etymology

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

Noun

stīga n

  1. cage for animals, stall

Descendants

  • Middle High German: stīge
  • → Italian: stia

Old Norse

Noun

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

Verb

stiga

  1. first-person singular past subjunctive of stíga

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of stiga (class 1 strong)
Active Passive
Infinitive stiga —
Supine stigit —
Imperative stig —
Imper. plural1 stigen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative stiger steg — —
Ind. plural1 stiga stego — —
Subjunctive2 stige stege — —
Participles
Present participle stigande
Past participle stigen
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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