Schritt

See also: schritt

German

Etymology

From Old High German scrit, from Proto-Germanic *skriþiz or *skridiz. Compare *skrīþaną (to walk, crawl), whence schreiten. Cognate with Dutch schrede.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

Schritt m (genitive Schritts or Schrittes, plural Schritte, diminutive Schrittchen n)

  1. step
  2. footstep
    • 1876, from the final poem of Dahn's Ein Kampf um Rom:
      Gebt Raum, ihr Völker, unsrem Schritt.
      Wir sind die letzten Goten.
      Wir tragen keine Krone mit,
      Wir tragen einen Toten.
      Make way, ye peoples, before our footstep.
      We are the last of the Goths,
      We carry no crown with us,
      We carry a corpse.
  3. crotch

Declension

Hyponyms

  • Doppelschritt

Derived terms

Further reading

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