Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

stiga

rise, climb, step, walk/²stiːɡa/

Meaning

rise; climb; step; walk; tread

In Swedish: förflytta sig (med långa steg)

Conjugation

Conjugation of stiga (rise)
Infinitive	att stiga	to rise
Present	stiger	jag stiger
Past	steg	jag steg
Supine	stigit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har stigit	jag har stigit
Past perfect	hade stigit	jag hade stigit
Future	ska stiga	or: kommer att stiga
Conditional	skulle stiga	jag skulle stiga
Imperative	stig!	a command
Present participle	stigande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	stigen	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of stiga
Infinitive	stigas
Present	stigs
Past	stegs
Supine	stigits

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use stiger. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (stiga). Which is the past tense?

stiga in a sentence

pojken steg fram till biljettluckan
the boy stepped up to the ticket window
hon steg ur bilen
she stepped out of the car
temperaturen steg till rekordnivå
the temperature rose to a record level
priserna stiger
prices are rising
hon lyssnade med stigande irritation
she listened with growing irritation

Questions

What does stiga mean in English?

stiga means “rise, climb”.

What is the past tense of stiga?

The past tense of stiga is steg (“jag steg”). The supine is stigit, used in “jag har stigit”.

What is the present tense of stiga?

stiger, the same for every person: jag stiger, du stiger, vi stiger.

Origin

From Old Swedish stīgha, from Old Norse stíga, from Proto-Germanic *stīganą.

Nearby common words

stiga is number 1,576 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,572medlem member
1,573avbryta discontinue, terminate
1,574labb lab, mitt
1,575driver a driver (club)
1,577prinsessa princess
1,578läger camp
1,579nödvändig necessary
1,580slösa lavish, squander

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