climmen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *climban.

Verb

climmen

1. to climb
2. to rise, to go up
3. to increase

Inflection

Conjugation of climmen (strong class 3)

infinitive	base form	climmen
	genitive	climmens
	dative	climmene
		indicative			subjunctive
		present	past		present	past
1st person singular		climme	clam		climme	clomme
2nd person singular		clims, climmes	cloms, clommes		clims, climmes	clommes
3rd person singular		climt, climmet	clam		climme	clomme
1st person plural		climmen	clommen		climmen	clommen
2nd person plural		climt, climmet	clomt, clommet		climt, climmet	clommet
3rd person plural		climmen	clommen		climmen	clommen
		imperative
singular		clim, climme
plural		climt, climmet
		present	past
participle		climmende	geclommen

Alternative forms

• clemmen

Descendants

• Dutch: klimmen
• Limburgish: klumme, klömme

Further reading

• “climmen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “clemmen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page clemmen