bestiga
Swedish
Verb
bestiga (present bestiger, preterite besteg, supine bestigit, imperative bestig)
- to climb, to scale, to get to the top of (a mountain or the like)
- De besteg berget
- They climbed the mountain
- to mount (a riding animal or the like – rare for bicycles, where "sätta sig på" is more idiomatic)
- Synonym: sätta sig upp på
- Han besteg hästen
- He mounted his horse
- to mount (climb onto in order to mate with, of a quadruped)
- (figuratively) to ascend (a throne or the like)
- Han besteg tronen
- He ascended the throne
Conjugation
Conjugation of bestiga (class 1 strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | bestiga | — | ||
| Supine | bestigit | — | ||
| Imperative | bestig | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | bestigen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | bestiger | besteg | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | bestiga | bestego | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | bestige | bestege | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | bestigande | |||
| Past participle | bestigen | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
- bergsbestigare (“mountain climber”)
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