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beklimmen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch beclimmen. Equivalent to be- +‎ klimmen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bəˈklɪmə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧klim‧men
  • Rhymes: -ɪmən

Verb

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beklimmen

  1. (transitive) to climb, to mount

Conjugation

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Conjugation of beklimmen (strong class 3a, prefixed)
infinitive beklimmen
past singular beklom
past participle beklommen
infinitive beklimmen
gerund beklimmen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular beklim beklom
2nd person sing. (jij) beklimt, beklim2 beklom
2nd person sing. (u) beklimt beklom
2nd person sing. (gij) beklimt beklomt
3rd person singular beklimt beklom
plural beklimmen beklommen
subjunctive sing.1 beklimme beklomme
subjunctive plur.1 beklimmen beklommen
imperative sing. beklim
imperative plur.1 beklimt
participles beklimmend beklommen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: beklim

German

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Etymology

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Form be- +‎ klimmen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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beklimmen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present beklimmt, past tense beklomm, past participle beklommen, auxiliary sein)

  1. (archaic or dialectal, transitive) to climb
    Synonym: erklimmen
  2. (archaic, transitive or intransitive, figuratively) to depress, to grieve
    • 2014 [1887], Grikor Chalatianz, “Der Lebensapfel”, in Märchen und Sagen aus Armenien[1], Leipzig, Germany: Verlag von Wilhelm Friedrich, →ISBN:
      Hier erfuhr er, dass seine Brüder ihre Hochzeit feiern, und an demselben Tage sollte seine Braut mit dem Könige selbst getraut werden. Das beklomm dem Königssohne das Herz, aber was konnte er thuen?
      Here he discovered that his brothers were celebrating their weddings, and on this same day his bride was to be wed to the king himself. This grieved the heart of the king's son, but what could he do? [Context: The bride was supposed to be marrying the king's son, not the king.]
  3. (archaic, transitive or intransitive, figuratively) to make anxious or uneasy; to tighten with anxiety

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