bestiga

bestiga (present bestiger, preterite besteg, supine bestigit, imperative bestig)

1. to climb, to scale, to get to the top of (a mountain or the like)

   De besteg berget

   They climbed the mountain

2. to mount (a riding animal or the like – rare for bicycles, where "sätta sig på" is more idiomatic)

   Synonym: sätta sig upp på

   Han besteg hästen

   He mounted his horse

3. to mount (climb onto in order to mate with, of a quadruped)

   Synonyms: betäcka, para sig

   Elefanthanen besteg elefanthonan

   The male elephant mounted the female elephant

4. (figuratively) to ascend (a throne or the like)

   Han besteg tronen

   He ascended the throne

• bergsbestigare (“mountain climber”)

• klättra

• bestiga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bestiga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bestiga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Fula Ordboken