German-English translation for "ersteigen"

"ersteigen" English translation

ersteigen
transitives Verb | transitive verb v/t <irregulär, unregelmäßig | irregularirr, kein ge-; h>

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climb, scale, ascend climb up to reach, attain, climb
  • climb
    ersteigen Berg etc
    scale
    ersteigen Berg etc
    ascend
    ersteigen Berg etc
    ersteigen Berg etc
examples
  • sie erstiegen den Berg in 5 Stunden
    they climbed the mountain in 5 hours
    sie erstiegen den Berg in 5 Stunden
  • climb (up to)
    ersteigen Gipfel
    ersteigen Gipfel
  • reach
    ersteigen Position etc figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
    attain
    ersteigen Position etc figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
    climb
    ersteigen Position etc figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
    ersteigen Position etc figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
examples
  • die Stufen der Macht ersteigen
    to climb the heights of power
    die Stufen der Macht ersteigen
They began to climb the hill.
Sie begannen, den Hügel zu ersteigen.
Source: Tatoeba
We still have directives on how to climb ladders.
Nach wie vor bestehen Richtlinien darüber, wie man Leitern zu ersteigen hat.
Source: Europarl
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