stigan

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stīgan, from Proto-Germanic *stīganą.

Verb

stīgan

1. to climb, to ascend

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• gistīgan
• nitherstīgan
• upstīgan

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: stigen
  • Dutch: stijgen
  • Limburgish: stiege

Further reading

• “stīgan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stīgan, from Proto-Germanic *stīganą, from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstiː.ɡɑn/, [ˈstiː.ɣɑn]

Verb

stīgan

1. to go
2. to go up, ascend, climb
   • "Gospel of Saint Luke", chapter 19, verse 4

     Þā arn hē beforan and stāh ūp on ān trēow. Sicomorum þ hē hine ġesāwe. forþām þe hē wolde þanon faran...

     Then he ran in front and climbed (lit. ascended) up on a tree. From sycamores that he saw him. For which he would go from there.

Conjugation

Conjugation of stīgan (strong class 1)

infinitive	stīgan	stīgenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	stīge	stāg, stāh
second person singular	stīġst	stige
third person singular	stīġþ	stāg, stāh
plural	stīgaþ	stigon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	stīge	stige
plural	stīgen	stigen
imperative
singular	stīġ
plural	stīgaþ
participle	present	past
	stīgende	(ġe)stiġen

Derived terms

• forestīgan (“go before, excel”)
• oferstīgan (“climb onto, on top, or over”)
• ofstīgan (“descend, depart”)
• āstīgan (“go, proceed, climb”)
• ġestīgan (“mount, ascend”)

 

Related terms

• dūnestīgende (“descending”)
• niþerstige (“a descent”)
• niþerstīgend (“one who descends”)
• onstīgend (“one who ascends”)
• stǣġer (“a stair”)
• stīga (“a path”)
• stiġel (“a stile”)
• stīgend (“a sty”)
• upāstigenness (“an ascent, a way to ascend”)
• upstige (“an ascent, ascension”)
• upstīgend (“one who ascends”)

Descendants

• Middle English: stien, stiȝen, stighen
  • English: sty, stigh

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “stigan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stīganą.

Verb

stīgan

1. to climb up, ascend

Conjugation

Conjugation of stīgan (strong class 1)

infinitive	stīgan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	stīgu	stēh, stēg
2nd person singular	stīgis	stigi
3rd person singular	stīgid	stēh, stēg
plural	stīgad	stigun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	stīge	stigi
2nd person singular	stīges	stigis
3rd person singular	stīge	stigi
plural	stīgen	stigin
imperative	present
singular	stīg
plural	stīgad
participle	present	past
	stīgandi	gistigan, stigan

Derived terms

• gistigan

Descendants

• Low German: stiegen