klimmen
German, verb/klɪmən/
klimmen is spelled K-L-I-M-M-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written German, the 464,147th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klimmen is a German verb meaning “to climb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach oben klettern, oftmals unter gewisser Mühe”.
What does klimmen mean in English?
verb
- 1
archaicto climb
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nach oben klettern, oftmals unter gewisser Mühe
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 klimmen
- klimmt present singular third-person
- klomm past
- geklommen participle past
- klömme past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 3 strong
- klimmend participle present
- klimme first-person indicative present
- klimmst indicative present second-person
- klimmest second-person singular subjunctive
- klimmet plural second-person subjunctive
- klommen first-person indicative plural
- klömmen first-person formal plural
- klommst indicative preterite second-person
- klommt indicative plural preterite
- klömmest formal rare second-person
- klömmst formal rare second-person
- klömmet formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce klimmen?
- /klɪmən/
- [klɪmn̩]
- [klɪmm̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is klimmen in German?
klimmen appears about once in every 58 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).