schreiten
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German schrīten, from Old High German skrītan, from Proto-West Germanic *skrīþan (“to step; stride”). Cognate with English shrithe (“to go about; roam; creep”), Icelandic skríða (“to creep; crawl”). More at shrithe.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editschreiten (class 1 strong, third-person singular present schreitet, past tense schritt, past participle geschritten, auxiliary sein)
- (intransitive, formal) to stride; to step, to proceed
Conjugation
editinfinitive | schreiten | ||||
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present participle | schreitend | ||||
past participle | geschritten | ||||
auxiliary | sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schreite | wir schreiten | i | ich schreite | wir schreiten |
du schreitest | ihr schreitet | du schreitest | ihr schreitet | ||
er schreitet | sie schreiten | er schreite | sie schreiten | ||
preterite | ich schritt | wir schritten | ii | ich schritte1 | wir schritten1 |
du schrittest du schrittst |
ihr schrittet | du schrittest1 | ihr schrittet1 | ||
er schritt | sie schritten | er schritte1 | sie schritten1 | ||
imperative | schreit (du) schreite (du) |
schreitet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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editFurther reading
edit- “schreiten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “schreiten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “schreiten” in Duden online
- “schreiten” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “schreiten”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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