steuern

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German stiuren, from Old High German stiuren, from Proto-West Germanic *stiurijan, from Proto-Germanic *stiurijaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐn/ === Verb === steuern (weak, third-person singular present steuert, past tense steuerte, past participle gesteuert, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to steer, to navigate, to pilot, to operate, to control Synonym: navigieren (transitive) to govern, to direct, to head; to control (reflexive, obsolete) [with auf (+ accusative)] to use something or someone for support Synonym: sich stützen (transitive, archaic outside Switzerland) to pay a tax (transitive, archaic) to levy from, to tax (obsolete) [with dative] to contravene, to withsit Synonyms: entgegentreten, widerstehen, entgegenwirken, sich widersetzen, gegen … arbeiten, zwingen, zähmen, wehren, aufhalten, sich erwehren, abhalten, anhalten, benehmen (archaic) [with dative] to assist, to come to the aid of Synonyms: beisteuern, beikommen, fördern, befördern, helfen, beistehen, unterstützen ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== To pay a tax: To steer, navigate, control: === Further reading === “steuern”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “steuern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “steuern” in Duden online “steuern” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “steuern” in OpenThesaurus.de “steuern” in Frühneuhochdeutsches Wörterbuch, Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 1986–.