Polyglot Dictionary

einschreiten

/ˈaɪ̯nˌʃʁaɪ̯tn̩/

verb C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
schreitet ein
past
schritt ein
perfect
ist eingeschritten

Meaning

  1. to intervene

    Built from ein (in, into) + schreiten (to stride).

    • Die Polizei schritt ein.

      The police intervened.

    • Die Polizei schritt ein, als der Streit eskalierte. Alle beruhigten sich schnell.

      The police intervened when the argument escalated. Everyone calmed down quickly.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • ein in, into
  • schreiten to stride

Similar words

dazwischenkommen

Dazwischenkommen is for something to come up unexpectedly and interfere, an unplanned event getting in the way; einschreiten is actively intervening to stop something, like police stepping in.

Similar in other languages

French

intervenir

intervenir is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to intervene."

Portuguese

intervir

intervir is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to intervene."

Practice

1 What does einschreiten mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Polizei ___ ein.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches einschreiten?

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