klettern

See also: Klettern

German

Etymology

From Early New High German kletten, from Proto-Indo-European *gleyt- (“to cling to, cleave, stick”), from *gley-. Related to Klette (“burr”) and Kleid (“dress”). Cognate with Hunsrik klettre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈklɛtɐn/
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Verb

klettern (weak, third-person singular present klettert, past tense kletterte, past participle geklettert, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to climb (e.g. up a tree)

Conjugation

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Derived terms
  • beklettern
  • durchklettern
  • emporklettern
  • erklettern
  • herabklettern
  • heraufklettern
  • herausklettern
  • hereinklettern
  • herüberklettern
  • herumklettern
  • herunterklettern
  • hinabklettern
  • hinaufklettern
  • hinausklettern
  • hineinklettern
  • hinüberklettern
  • hinunterklettern
  • hochklettern
  • raufklettern
  • überklettern

Further reading
  • “klettern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “klettern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “klettern” in Duden online
  • “klettern” in OpenThesaurus.de
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