Swedish verb

bestiga

ascend, mount, climb, cover

Meaning

ascend; mount; climb; cover

In Swedish: klättra upp på

Conjugation

Conjugation of bestiga (ascend)
Infinitive	att bestiga	to ascend
Present	bestiger	jag bestiger
Past	besteg	jag besteg
Supine	bestigit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har bestigit	jag har bestigit
Past perfect	hade bestigit	jag hade bestigit
Future	ska bestiga	or: kommer att bestiga
Conditional	skulle bestiga	jag skulle bestiga
Imperative	bestig!	a command
Present participle	bestigande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	bestigen	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of bestiga
Infinitive	bestigas
Present	bestigs
Past	bestegs
Supine	bestigits

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use bestiger. See the four verb groups explained.

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bestiga in a sentence

vi besteg det högsta fjället
we climbed the highest peak
De besteg berget
They climbed the mountain
Han besteg hästen
He mounted his horse
Elefanthanen besteg elefanthonan
The male elephant mounted the female elephant
Han besteg tronen
He ascended the throne

Words built with bestiga

bergsbestigning mountain climbing

Questions

What does bestiga mean in English?

bestiga means “ascend, mount”.

What is the past tense of bestiga?

The past tense of bestiga is besteg (“jag besteg”). The supine is bestigit, used in “jag har bestigit”.

What is the present tense of bestiga?

bestiger, the same for every person: jag bestiger, du bestiger, vi bestiger.

Nearby common words

bestiga is number 6,992 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,988rimma rhyme, fit, agree, tally
6,989flata flat side (of something), a flat
6,990skotte Scotsman, Scot
6,991befängd ridiculous, absurd
6,993oförklarlig inexplicable
6,994tolkning interpretation
6,995vistelse stay
6,996elektromagnetisk electromagnetic

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary