German verb · CEFR B2
steigern
Meaning in English: increase, boost
Example
Wir wollen unseren Umsatz deutlich steigern.
We want to increase our sales significantly.
How common is steigern?
steigern is number 2,829 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 31 times per million words — about once every 32,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,825freiwilligvoluntary, voluntarily
- 2,826bliebenstayed (past, plural)
- 2,827betreibtruns, operates
- 2,828der Kaffeecoffee
- 2,829steigernincrease, boost
- 2,830selbstständigindependent; self-employed
- 2,831das Kreuzcross; lower back
- 2,832die Motivationmotivation
- 2,833die Bilanzbalance sheet; outcome, record
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