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klatre

verbverb

to climb

EtymologyOpphav

fra lavtysk, opprinnelig ‘klebe (seg) til’ from Low German, originally ‘to cling to’

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. arbeide seg oppover eller nedover med hender eller føtter;
    klyveto clamber
    to work one's way up or down using hands and feet;
    to clamberklyve
    • klatre opp i et tre to climb up a tree
    • klatre i fjellet to go climbing in the mountains
  2. i overført betydning: stige i gradene;
    avansere (2)to be promoted
    figuratively: to rise through the ranks;
    to be promotedavansere (2)
    • klatre oppover rangstigen to climb the career ladder
  3. om plante: vokse oppetter noe of a plant: to grow up along something