klimmen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklɪ.mə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: klim‧men
  • Rhymes: -ɪmən
  • Homophone: Klimmen

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch climmen, from Old Dutch *climban, from Proto-West Germanic *klimban, from Proto-Germanic *klimbaną.

Verb

klimmen

  1. (intransitive) to climb
    De kat klom in de boom.
    The cat climbed up the tree.
    Ze zijn geklommen tot de top van de berg.
    They have climbed to the top of the mountain.
    Hij klom over het hek om de bal te halen.
    He climbed over the fence to get the ball.
Inflection
Conjugation of klimmen (strong class 3a)
infinitive klimmen
past singular klom
past participle geklommen
infinitive klimmen
gerund klimmen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular klimklom
2nd person sing. (jij) klimtklom
2nd person sing. (u) klimtklom
2nd person sing. (gij) klimtklomt
3rd person singular klimtklom
plural klimmenklommen
subjunctive sing.1 klimmeklomme
subjunctive plur.1 klimmenklommen
imperative sing. klim
imperative plur.1 klimt
participles klimmendgeklommen
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
verbs
  • afklimmen (to climb off)
  • beklimmen (to climb) (transitive)
  • inklimmen (to climb in)
  • neerklimmen (to climb down)
  • omhoogklimmen (to climb up)
  • opklimmen (to climb up (onto))
  • uitklimmen (to climb out)
nouns
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: klim
  • Negerhollands: klem, klim
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: clem

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

klimmen

  1. plural of klim

German

Etymology

From Middle High German klimben, from Old High German klimban, from Proto-West Germanic *klimban. Cognate with Dutch klimmen, English climb.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

klimmen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present klimmt, past tense klomm, past participle geklommen, past subjunctive klömme, auxiliary sein)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) to climb
    Synonym: klettern

Usage notes

  • The derived verb erklimmen remains in common use, though it is somewhat formal or literary.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • klimmen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • klimmen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • klimmen” in Duden online
  • klimmen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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