bestiga

Swedish

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

to climb, to scale, to get to the top of (a mountain or the like)
De besteg berget
They climbed the mountain
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
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
(figuratively) to ascend (a throne or the like)
Han besteg tronen
He ascended the throne

Conjugation of bestiga (class 1 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	bestiga		—
Supine	bestigit		—
Imperative	bestig		—
Imper. plural¹	bestigen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	bestiger	besteg	—	—
Ind. plural¹	bestiga	bestego	—	—
Subjunctive²	bestige	bestege	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	bestigande
Past participle	bestigen
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.