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Conjugation of the German verb steigern

A list of the common conjugations for the German verb steigern, along with their English translations.



InfinitiveScored
steigernto increase

PresentScored
ich steigereI increase
du steigerstyou increase
er steigerthe increases
sie steigertshe increases
wir steigernwe increase
ihr steigertyou increase
sie steigernthey increase

Preterite / Präteritum
This is more a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Perfekt is used to refer to past actions.
Scored
ich steigerteI increased
du steigertestyou increased
er steigertehe increased
sie steigerteshe increased
wir steigertenwe increased
ihr steigertetyou increased
sie steigertenthey increased

Past / PerfektScored
ich habe gesteigertI increased
du hast gesteigertyou increased
er hat gesteigerthe increased
es hat gesteigertshe increased
wir haben gesteigertwe increased
ihr habt gesteigertyou increased
sie haben gesteigertthey increased

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich hatte gesteigertI had increased
du hattest gesteigertyou had increased
er hatte gesteigerthe had increased
es hatte gesteigertshe had increased
wir hatten gesteigertwe had increased
ihr hattet gesteigertyou had increased
sie hatten gesteigertthey had increased

FutureScored
ich werde steigernI will increase
du wirst steigernyou will increase
er wird steigernhe will increase
sie wird steigernshe will increase
wir werden steigernwe will increase
ihr werdet steigernyou will increase
sie werden steigernthey will increase

Future Perfect / Futur II
The German Future Perfect or Futur II is constructed similarly to English, with the present tense of werden (will), the past participle of the verb and the auxiliary verb haben or sein at the end of the clause.
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ich werde gesteigert habenI will have increased
du wirst gesteigert habenyou will have increased
er wird gesteigert habenhe will have increased
es wird gesteigert habenshe will have increased
wir werden gesteigert habenwe will have increased
ihr werdet gesteigert habenyou will have increased
sie werden gesteigert habenthey will have increased

ConditionalScored
ich würde steigernI would increase
du würdest steigernyou would increase
er würde steigernhe would increase
sie würde steigernshe would increase
wir würden steigernwe would increase
ihr würdet steigernyou would increase
sie würden steigernthey would increase

Conditional Perfect / Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II
The German Conditional Perfect or Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II is constructed with the Konjunktiv II tense of the auxiliary verb haben or sein and the past participle.
Scored
ich hätte gesteigertI would have increased
du hättest gesteigertyou would have increased
er hätte gesteigerthe would have increased
es hätte gesteigertshe would have increased
wir hätten gesteigertwe would have increased
ihr hättet gesteigertyou would have increased
sie hätten gesteigertthey would have increased

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich steigerteI would increase
du steigertestyou would increase
er steigertehe would increase
sie steigerteshe would increase
wir steigertenwe would increase
ihr steigertetyou would increase
sie steigertenthey would increase

ImperativeScored
steigre Increase
steigern wirLet's increase
steigert Increase

Present ParticipleScored
steigernd increasing

Past ParticipleScored
gesteigert increased


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