Polyglot Dictionary

Schritt

/ʃʁɪt/

der noun A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Schritte

Meaning

  1. step, pace

    Both a literal footstep and a figurative one, exactly like English "a step forward."

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Maßnahme

Close, figuratively — a measure taken is often called "a step."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

huella

Close — a step relates to a footprint.

English

pace

pace is the English word for the same thing — both mean "step, pace."

Portuguese

medida

Close, figuratively — a measure relates to a step, as in "to take steps."

Practice

1 What does Schritt mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er machte einen ___ zurück.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Schritt?

See also

nouncore-vocabularybody

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