stíga

See also: stiga and štiga

Faroese

Etymology

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

Verb

stíga (third person singular past indicative steig, third person plural past indicative stigu, supine stigið)

  1. to step, to stride

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-35)
infinitive
supine stigið
present past
first singular stígi steig
second singular stígur steigst
third singular stígur steig
plural stíga stigu
participle (a26)1 stígandi stigin
imperative
singular stíg!
plural stígið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstiːɣa/
  • Rhymes: -iːɣa

Verb

stíga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative steig, third-person plural past indicative stigu, supine stigið)

  1. to step, to take a step [intransitive or with accusative]
    Synonym: ganga
    Hann steig eitt skref til hægri.
    He took one step to the right.
  2. (intransitive) to rise, to increase
    Synonym: hækka

Conjugation

stíga – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur stíga
supine sagnbót stigið
present participle
stígandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég stíg steig / sté stígi stigi
þú stígur steigst / stést stígir stigir
hann, hún, það stígur steig / sté stígi stigi
plural við stígum stigum stígum stigjum
þið stígið stiguð stígið stigjuð
þeir, þær, þau stíga stigu stígi stigju
imperative boðháttur
singular þú stíg (þú), stígðu
plural þið stígið (þið), stígiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
stiginn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
stiginn stigin stigið stignir stignar stigin
accusative
(þolfall)
stiginn stigna stigið stigna stignar stigin
dative
(þágufall)
stignum stiginni stignu stignum stignum stignum
genitive
(eignarfall)
stigins stiginnar stigins stiginna stiginna stiginna
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
stigni stigna stigna stignu stignu stignu
accusative
(þolfall)
stigna stignu stigna stignu stignu stignu
dative
(þágufall)
stigna stignu stigna stignu stignu stignu
genitive
(eignarfall)
stigna stignu stigna stignu stignu stignu

Note: the past forms sté, stést are less common than steig, steigst, and are usually regarded as archaic.

Derived terms

  • stíga á bak
  • stíga á land
  • stíga dans
  • stíga í fæturna
  • stíga í vitið
  • stíga í vænginn
  • stíga ofan á
  • stíga upp

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *stīganą.

Verb

stíga (singular past indicative steig or sté, plural past indicative stigu, past participle stiginn)

  1. (intransitive) to step, to tread
  2. to step on, to set foot on [with accusative]
Conjugation
Conjugation of stíga — active (strong class 1)
infinitive stíga
present participle stígandi
past participle stiginn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular stíg steig, sté stíga stiga
2nd person singular stígr steigt, stétt stígir stigir
3rd person singular stígr steig, sté stígi stigi
1st person plural stígum stigum stígim stigim
2nd person plural stígið stiguð stígið stigið
3rd person plural stíga stigu stígi stigi
imperative present
2nd person singular stíg
1st person plural stígum
2nd person plural stígið
Conjugation of stíga — mediopassive (strong class 1)
infinitive stígask
present participle stígandisk
past participle stigizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular stígumk stigumk stígumk stigumk
2nd person singular stígsk steigzk, stézk stígisk stigisk
3rd person singular stígsk steigsk, stésk stígisk stigisk
1st person plural stígumsk stigumsk stígimsk stigimsk
2nd person plural stígizk stiguzk stígizk stigizk
3rd person plural stígask stigusk stígisk stigisk
imperative present
2nd person singular stígsk
1st person plural stígumsk
2nd person plural stígizk
Descendants
  • Icelandic: stíga
  • Faroese: stíga
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stiga, stige
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stige
  • Elfdalian: staiga
  • Old Swedish: stīgha
  • Scanian: stíğa, stǽğa
  • Old Danish: stīghæ
  • Gutnish: steige

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

stíga

  1. inflection of stígr:
    1. indefinite accusative plural
    2. indefinite genitive plural

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “stíga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 408; also available at the Internet Archive