bergsteigen
German, verb
bergsteigen is a German verb meaning “to mountaineer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Bergsteigen is a different word: “gerund of bergsteigen; mountaineering, mountain climbing”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “überwinden größerer Höhenunterschiede in Gebirgslandschaften, meist mit sportlichem Hintergrund”.
What does bergsteigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mountaineer
noun
- 1
neutergerund of bergsteigen; mountaineering, mountain climbing
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. überwinden größerer Höhenunterschiede in Gebirgslandschaften, meist mit sportlichem Hintergrund
noun: 1. einfaches Bergwandern, alpines Klettern oder sogenanntes Höhenbergsteigen in den sauerstoffarmen Regionen der Sieben- und Achttausender
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bergsteigen
- bergsteigt present singular third-person
- bergstieg past uncommon
- berggestiegen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- 1 strong
- haben or sein auxiliary
- bergsteigend participle present
- bergsteige first-person indicative present
- bergsteigst indicative present second-person
- bergsteigest second-person singular subjunctive
- bergsteiget plural second-person subjunctive
- bergstiegen first-person indicative plural
- bergstiege first-person formal rare
- bergstiegst indicative preterite second-person
- bergstiegt indicative plural preterite
- bergstiegest formal rare second-person
- bergstieget formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bergsteigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bergsteigen in German?
bergsteigen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).