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Otti besteigt zum ersten Mal in seinem Leben einen echten Alpengipfel. Otti is climbing a real Alpine peak for the first time in his life.

verb · C1

besteigen

[bəˈʃtaɪ̯ɡn̩]

to climb, to ascend, to board

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es besteigt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es bestieg The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat bestiegen The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich besteigebestieghabe bestiegen
du besteigstbestiegsthast bestiegen
er/sie/es besteigtbestieghat bestiegen
wir besteigenbestiegenhaben bestiegen
ihr besteigtbestiegthabt bestiegen
sie/Sie besteigenbestiegenhaben bestiegen
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte bestiegenwerde besteigenwerde bestiegen haben
du hattest bestiegenwirst besteigenwirst bestiegen haben
er/sie/es hatte bestiegenwird besteigenwird bestiegen haben
wir hatten bestiegenwerden besteigenwerden bestiegen haben
ihr hattet bestiegenwerdet besteigenwerdet bestiegen haben
sie/Sie hatten bestiegenwerden besteigenwerden bestiegen haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich bestiege
du bestiegest
er/sie/es bestiege
wir bestiegen
ihr bestieget
sie/Sie bestiegen
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
Person Imperativ
du besteige!
ihr besteigt!
Sie besteigen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

be prefix steig root en ending

be-
makes a verb take a direct object: zahlen (to pay) → die Rechnung bezahlen (to pay the bill).
-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

steigendie Besteigungder Aufstiegder Abstieg

In Otti's situations: The friends spend a weekend in the Alps

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