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Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from German klettern. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk klatra and Norwegian Bokmål klatre.
Pronunciation
Verb
klättra (present klättrar, preterite klättrade, supine klättrat, imperative klättra)
- (transitive, intransitive) to climb (with hands and feet or the like)
klättra upp i ett träd- climb a tree
klättra upp på ett tak- climb onto a roof
klättra ner från taket- climb down from the roof
klättra upp för / uppför en bergssida- climb up a mountainside
klättra ner för / nedför en bergssida- climb down a mountainside
klättra i träd- climb trees
- (transitive, intransitive, by extension) to climb (along something, of something immobile)
Stigen klättrar brant uppför berget- The path climbs sharply up the mountain
- (figuratively) to climb (advance)
klättra på karriärstegen- climb the career ladder
Usage notes
- To climb in the sense of rise (gain altitude (without gripping anything)) is to stiga.
- Most idiomatic with a prepositional phrase when used transitively ("climb up / down / on / in / etc. something," rather than "climb something").
- Stairs are never climbed in Swedish (unless on all fours or the like). "To climb the stairs" is to "gå upp för trappan" (walk up the stairs), or to "ta sig upp för trappan" (take oneself up the stairs) or the like if more effortful.
- Turns into klätter- in compounds.
Conjugation
Conjugation of klättra (weak)
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