besteigen
German, verb/bəˈʃtaɪ̯ɡən/
besteigen is spelled B-E-S-T-E-I-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,059th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Besteigen is a German verb meaning “to ascend, to climb, to mount (a kerb etc)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich zu einem hochgelegenen oder erhöhten Ort begeben”.
What does besteigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ascend, to climb, to mount (a kerb etc)
- 2
to board, get on, to mount (a plane, train etc.)
- 3
to fuck, to mate with, to mount (birds, bees, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich zu einem hochgelegenen oder erhöhten Ort begeben 2. auf einem Reittier Platz nehmen 3. ein Fortbewegungsmittel betreten 4. ein weltliches oder kirchliches Amt annehmen, das als Ausdruck seiner Würde und Bedeutung mit einem Stuhl oder Thron verbunden ist
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 besteigen
- besteigt present singular third-person
- bestieg past
- bestiegen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- besteigend participle present
- besteige first-person indicative present
- besteigst indicative present second-person
- besteigest second-person singular subjunctive
- besteiget plural second-person subjunctive
- bestiege first-person formal rare
- bestiegst indicative preterite second-person
- bestiegt indicative plural preterite
- bestiegest formal rare second-person
- bestieget formal plural rare
- besteig imperative second-person singular
- besteig! imperative singular
- besteigt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce besteigen?
- /bəˈʃtaɪ̯ɡən/
- [bəˈʃtaɪ̯ɡŋ̍]
- [bəˈʃtaɪ̯ɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to besteigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is besteigen in German?
besteigen appears 2.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).