stegra

Swedish[edit]

Compare German steigern.

stegra (present stegrar, preterite stegrade, supine stegrat, imperative stegra)

(reflexive) to rear up (of a horse (or another quadruped))
Hästen stegrade sig
The horse reared up
(reflexive, figurative) to react negatively; to protest, to recoil, etc.
(reflexive) to (sharply, often inadvertently) tilt up the front (of a plane or other vehicle or the like); to tilt back, to tilt up, to pitch up, to tip up, etc.
Planet stegrade sig
The airplane pitched up (sharply) / reared up
to wheelie (get up on just the back wheel(s), on a bike or motorcycle or the like)
Det är häftigt att stegra med cykeln
Doing wheelies with your bike is cool
(often in the passive or past participle) to (suddenly) increase or make more intense; to increase, to rise, to escalate
Tonläget i debatten har stegrats
The tone of the debate has gotten nastier (for example) / escalated

stegrade spänningar i landet
rising [risen] tensions in the country

Spänningen stegras i slutet av filmen
The tension rises [is risen] at the end of the movie

stegra upp träningen
increase the intensity of the workout

Conjugation of stegra (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	stegra		stegras
Supine	stegrat		stegrats
Imperative	stegra		—
Imper. plural¹	stegren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	stegrar	stegrade	stegras	stegrades
Ind. plural¹	stegra	stegrade	stegras	stegrades
Subjunctive²	stegre	stegrade	stegres	stegrades
	Participles
Present participle	stegrande
Past participle	stegrad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.