erklimmen
German, verb/ɛʁˈklɪmən/
erklimmen is spelled E-R-K-L-I-M-M-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 35,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erklimmen is a German verb meaning “to climb, to ascend (something, e.g. a tree or mountain top)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas mühsam hinaufklettern”.
What does erklimmen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to climb, to ascend (something, e.g. a tree or mountain top)
- 2
to climb, to ascend, to achieve
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas mühsam hinaufklettern 2. etwas erreichen oder erzielen.
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 erklimmen
- erklimmt present singular third-person
- erklomm past
- erklommen participle past
- erklömme past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- erklimmend participle present
- erklimme first-person indicative present
- erklimmst indicative present second-person
- erklimmest second-person singular subjunctive
- erklimmet plural second-person subjunctive
- erklömmen first-person formal plural
- erklommst indicative preterite second-person
- erklommt indicative plural preterite
- erklömmest formal rare second-person
- erklömmst formal rare second-person
- erklömmet formal plural rare
- erklömmt formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erklimmen?
- /ɛʁˈklɪmən/
- [ʔɛɐ̯ˈklɪmn̩]
- [ɛɐ̯ˈklɪmən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erklimmen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erklimmen in German?
erklimmen appears 1.2 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).