er verb

erklimmen

hat erklommen · erklomm
Based on: er-, klemmen
1.

to climb

(An epic option for fully climbing a mountain. Can also be used for figurative peaks, but it's always epic. This is a close cousin to "to climb", family-wise.)
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  • Fluffy-Puff Junior will als erstes Einhorn ohne Sauerstoffmaske den Mount Everest erklimmen.
  • Fluffy-Puff Jr. wants to be the first unicorn to climb the Mount Everest without oxygen mask.
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Word of the Day – “die Klammer”

Today, we’ll climb to the top of Mount Klammer together. The higher we get, the more useful related words we can see :). Also: surprise relations to English #jawdrop

Vocab: die Klammer, klammern, ausklammern, klemmen, klettern, kleben

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How many meanings does the German word 'erklimmen' have?

erklimmen has 1 distinct meaning: 1. to climb.

What is the past tense of 'erklimmen'?

hat erklommen / erklomm

What is 'erklimmen' related to?

The word 'erklimmen' is related to er- and klemmen.

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Word of the Day – “die Klammer”
Today, we’ll climb to the top of Mount Klammer together. The higher we get, the more useful related words we can see :). Also: surprise relations to English #jawdrop
Vocab: die Klammer, klammern, ausklammern, klemmen, klettern, kleben
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