steigert

Steigert is the third-person singular present tense form of the German verb steigern, which means to increase, raise, or enhance something. It is used when the subject performs the action of increasing a quantity, amount, or degree. For example: Er steigert den Gewinn durch neue Strategien (He increases the profit through new strategies).

In German, steigern is a transitive verb, so steigert requires a direct object. The corresponding forms in the present tense are: ich steigere, du steigerst, er steigert, wir steigern, ihr steigert, sie steigern. The word gesteigert is the past participle used with haben to form perfect tenses (z. B. den Gewinn gesteigert haben). The simple past (Präteritum) is steigerte; the past perfect is gesteigert worden in passive or haver-based constructions.

Etymology and related terms: steigern is derived from steigen (to climb or rise) with the productive suffix -ern that forms causative or resultative verbs. Related nouns include Steigerung (increase, rise) and Steiger (a person who increases something, or in other contexts a miner, depending on regional usage). Steigert itself is not a standalone noun or toponym; it functions strictly as a conjugated verb form.

Usage and notes: Steigert appears in written and spoken German wherever a clause requires the subject to perform the action of increasing something. It should not be confused with the intransitive related form sich steigern, which describes something rising or escalating without a direct object (though the present tense of sich steigern can appear as er steigert sich in reflexive constructions). In everyday language, the more common intransitive expression for rising trends is simply steigt rather than steigert.