klettern
Appearance
See also: Klettern
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Verb
[edit]klettern (weak, third-person singular present klettert, past tense kletterte, past participle geklettert, auxiliary sein)
- (intransitive) to climb (e.g. up a tree)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | klettern | ||||
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present participle | kletternd | ||||
past participle | geklettert | ||||
auxiliary | sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich klettre ich klettere ich kletter |
wir klettern | i | ich klettere ich klettre |
wir klettern |
du kletterst | ihr klettert | du kletterest du klettrest |
ihr kletteret ihr klettret | ||
er klettert | sie klettern | er klettere er klettre |
sie klettern | ||
preterite | ich kletterte | wir kletterten | ii | ich kletterte1 | wir kletterten1 |
du klettertest | ihr klettertet | du klettertest1 | ihr klettertet1 | ||
er kletterte | sie kletterten | er kletterte1 | sie kletterten1 | ||
imperative | klettre (du) kletter (du) klettere (du) |
klettert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.