climb

klettern, besteigen

Sich an etwas hinauf- oder hinunterbewegen, oft mit Händen und Füßen.

In einfachem Englisch: To move up or down something, often using your hands and feet.

• Can you climb that tree?
• We climbed the stairs to the roof.
• She carefully climbed down the ladder.

So benutzt man es: climb up/down something (He climbed up the ladder.)

Synonyme: ascend, scale

Häufige Wendungen: climb a tree, climb the stairs, climb down something

klettern, steigen

Mit Mühe in einen Ort hinein, aus ihm heraus oder hindurch gelangen, oft mithilfe von Händen und Füßen.

In einfachem Englisch: To move into, out of, or through a place with effort, often using your hands and feet.

• He climbed into the car.
• The children climbed through a hole in the fence.
• She climbed out of bed slowly.

So benutzt man es: climb into something (She climbed into the back seat.); climb out of something (He climbed out of the small boat.); climb through something (They climbed through the open window.)

Synonyme: clamber

Häufige Wendungen: climb into something, climb out of something, climb through something

steigen

Höher werden oder als Weg oder Gelände bergauf verlaufen.

In einfachem Englisch: To become higher, or to slope upward toward a higher place.

• Prices continue to climb.
• The road climbs steeply beyond the village.
• Temperatures climbed to thirty degrees yesterday.

So benutzt man es: climb to an amount (The temperature climbed to twenty degrees.); climb from A to B (Profits climbed from two million to three million dollars.)

Synonyme: rise, increase

Gegenteile: fall, drop

Häufige Wendungen: prices climb, climb steadily, climb to something

aufsteigen

Einen höheren Rang oder eine erfolgreichere Stellung erreichen.

In einfachem Englisch: To reach a higher rank or a more successful position.

• She hopes to climb the career ladder.
• The song climbed to number one.
• He climbed through the ranks to become manager.

So benutzt man es: climb to a position (The team climbed to second place.); climb through the ranks (She climbed through the ranks of the company.)

Synonyme: advance, rise

Häufige Wendungen: climb the ranks, climb to something, climb the ladder, climb the rankings

Aufstieg

Eine Bewegung oder ein Weg nach oben, besonders wenn dabei Anstrengung nötig ist.

In einfachem Englisch: A journey or movement upward, especially one that takes effort.

• The climb was hard.
• We rested after the long climb to the village.
• The plane began its climb above the clouds.

So benutzt man es: a climb to something (The climb to the summit took three hours.)

Synonyme: ascent

Gegenteile: descent

Häufige Wendungen: steep climb, climb to something

Abstieg

Ein langsamer Weg nach unten, oft unter Einsatz von Händen und Füßen.

In einfachem Englisch: A slow journey down something, often using your hands and feet.

• The climb down was slow.
• We began the climb down before sunset.
• Her climb down the ladder took several minutes.

So benutzt man es: a climb down something (The climb down the cliff was difficult.)

Synonyme: descent

Gegenteile: ascent

Häufige Wendungen: climb down, long climb down