beklimmen

From Middle Dutch beclimmen. Equivalent to be- +‎ klimmen.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈklɪmə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: be‧klim‧men
• Rhymes: -ɪmən

beklimmen

1. (transitive) to climb, to mount

• beklimmer
• beklimming

• Afrikaans: beklim

Form be- +‎ klimmen.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈklɪmən/

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beklimmen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present beklimmt, past tense beklomm, past participle beklommen, auxiliary sein)

1. (archaic or dialectal, transitive) to climb

   Synonym: erklimmen

2. (archaic, transitive or intransitive, figuratively) to depress, to grieve
   • 2014 [1887], Grikor Chalatianz, “Der Lebensapfel”, in Märchen und Sagen aus Armenien‎, Leipzig, Germany: Verlag von Wilhelm Friedrich, →ISBN:

     Hier erfuhr er, dass seine Brüder ihre Hochzeit feiern, und an demselben Tage sollte seine Braut mit dem Könige selbst getraut werden. Das beklomm dem Königssohne das Herz, aber was konnte er thuen?

     Here he discovered that his brothers were celebrating their weddings, and on this same day his bride was to be wed to the king himself. This grieved the heart of the king's son, but what could he do? [Context: The bride was supposed to be marrying the king's son, not the king.]

3. (archaic, transitive or intransitive, figuratively) to make anxious or uneasy; to tighten with anxiety

• beklommen

• “beklimmen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.