abschreiten
German, verb/ˈapˌʃraɪ̯tən/
abschreiten is spelled A-B-S-C-H-R-E-I-T-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 208,435th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abschreiten is a German verb meaning “to pace or stride along (walk slowly along some path, as an officer inspecting a line of soldiers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Strecke zur Kontrolle, prüfend oder feierlich entlanggehen”.
What does abschreiten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pace or stride along (walk slowly along some path, as an officer inspecting a line of soldiers)
- 2
to step off; to pace off (measure by steps)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Strecke zur Kontrolle, prüfend oder feierlich entlanggehen 2. etwas mithilfe von Schritten abmessen 3. würdevoll, mit gemessenen Schritten weggehen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abschreiten
- schreitet ab present singular third-person
- schritt ab past
- abgeschritten participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- 1 strong
- haben or sein auxiliary
- abschreitend participle present
- abzuschreiten infinitive infinitive-zu
- schreite ab first-person indicative present
- schreiten ab first-person indicative plural
- schreitest ab indicative present second-person
- schritten ab first-person indicative plural
- schritte ab first-person formal rare
- schrittest ab indicative preterite second-person
- schrittst ab indicative preterite second-person
- schrittet ab indicative plural preterite
- schreit ab! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abschreiten?
- /ˈapˌʃraɪ̯tən/
- [ˈʔäpˌʃʁäɪ̯tn̩]
- [ˈapˌʃʁaɪ̯tn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abschreiten in German?
abschreiten appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).