| Example in Esperanto | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Ili suprengrimpas plu starante sur la pedaloj, | They climb standing on the pedals, |
| Pene-svene li suprengrimpis la arbaron. | With great effort he climbed up the tree. |
| Li estis la unua, kiu suprengrimpis la monton Everest. | He was the first man that climbed Mount Everest. |
| La britoj suprengrimpis la monteton. | The British climbed the hill. |
| Tom suprengrimpis sur seĝon por atingi la plej altan breton. | Tom stood on a chair so he could reach the top shelf. |
| Li suprengrimpis ĝis la montopinto. | He climbed to the very top of the mountain. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | beklimmen,klimmen | English | climb |
| Estonian | ronima | Faroese | klíva |
| French | escalader, gravir, regrimper | German | besteigen, ersteigen, klettern, zusteigen |
| Greek | αναρριχώμαι, ανασηκώνω, ανασκελώνω, σκαρφαλώνω, σκαφιδιάζω | Hungarian | mászik |
| Icelandic | klífa | Italian | arrampicare, arrampicarsi, impennare, rampicare, risalire, scalare, scoscendere |
| Latvian | kāpt | Lithuanian | karstytis, kopti, laipioti, lipti, užlipti |
| Norwegian | bestige, klatre, stige | Polish | podjeżdżać, wdrapać, wdrapywać, wleźć, włazić, wspiąć, wspinać |
| Portuguese | escalar, galgar, trepar | Romanian | urca |
| Russian | взбираться, взобраться | Spanish | subirse, trepar |