einschreiten
German, verb
einschreiten is spelled E-I-N-S-C-H-R-E-I-T-E-N (12 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,305th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Einschreiten is a German verb meaning “to intervene, to interfere, to step in” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Einschreiten is a different word: “gerund of einschreiten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “den weiteren Verlauf eines Ereignisses aufhalten”.
What does einschreiten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to intervene, to interfere, to step in
noun
- 1
neutergerund of einschreiten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. den weiteren Verlauf eines Ereignisses aufhalten
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 einschreiten
- schreitet ein present singular third-person
- schritt ein past
- eingeschritten participle past
- sein auxiliary
- 1 strong
- einschreitend participle present
- einzuschreiten infinitive infinitive-zu
- schreite ein first-person indicative present
- schreiten ein first-person indicative plural
- schreitest ein indicative present second-person
- schritten ein first-person indicative plural
- schritte ein first-person formal rare
- schrittest ein indicative preterite second-person
- schrittst ein indicative preterite second-person
- schrittet ein indicative plural preterite
- schreit ein! imperative singular
- schreite ein! imperative singular
- schreitet ein! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to einschreiten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is einschreiten in German?
einschreiten appears 2.2 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).