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Schritt.

step, footstep (a single instance of walking)

7 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun[ʃʁɪtʰ][ʃrɪtʰ]
  1. step, footstep (a single instance of walking)

    masculine · strong
  2. walk (slow gait of a horse)

    masculine · strong
  3. crotch (the area between the human legs close to the genitals or comprising them)

    masculine · strong
  4. a pace (any of several obsolete linear measures about as long as a man steps, that is about 70–80 cm)

    masculine · strong
  5. any imaginary measure that is likened in its partitioning to the distance traveled by a leg moving forward in its single footsteps

    masculine · strong
    Er war uns einige Schritte voraus.
    Leg einen Schritt zu!
  6. step, move, stage (the part of a measure in the sense of an action one takes)

    masculine · strong
    Um dieses Ziel zu erreichen, sind folgende Schritte durchzuführen:
    beim ersten Schritt.
  7. ellipsis of Schrittgeschwindigkeit

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · masculine · strong
    Fahren Sie Schritt!
Where this word comes from

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

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