beschreiten
German, verb
beschreiten is spelled B-E-S-C-H-R-E-I-T-E-N (11 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 35,692nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beschreiten is a German verb meaning “to tread, to pursue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Beschreiten is a different word: “gerund of beschreiten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit den Füßen betreten, begehen”.
What does beschreiten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tread, to pursue
einen neuen Weg beschreiten
noun
- 1
neutergerund of beschreiten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit den Füßen betreten, begehen 2. auswählen und durchführen/umsetzen
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 beschreiten
- beschreitet present singular third-person
- beschritt past
- beschritten participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- beschreitend participle present
- beschreite first-person indicative present
- beschreitest indicative present second-person
- beschritte first-person formal rare
- beschrittest indicative preterite second-person
- beschrittst indicative preterite second-person
- beschrittet indicative plural preterite
- beschreit imperative second-person singular
- beschreit! imperative singular
- beschreite! imperative singular
- beschreitet! imperative plural
- beschritten haben active infinitive perfect
- beschritten sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to beschreiten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beschreiten in German?
beschreiten appears 1.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).