Sauseschritt
German, noun[ˈzaʊ̯zəˌʃʁɪt]
Sauseschritt is spelled S-A-U-S-E-S-C-H-R-I-T-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 200,239th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sauseschritt is a German noun meaning “only used in im Sauseschritt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr schneller, sausender Schritt; im, sehr rasch, ohne Verzögerung, mit/in Eile, ohne zu verweilen, ohne…”.
What does Sauseschritt mean in English?
noun
- 1
only used in im Sauseschritt
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sehr schneller, sausender Schritt; im, sehr rasch, ohne Verzögerung, mit/in Eile, ohne zu verweilen, ohne sich (unnütz/unnötig) aufzuhalten
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 Sauseschritt
- Sauseschritte nominative plural
- Sauseschrittes genitive singular
- Sauseschritts genitive singular
- Sauseschritten dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sauseschritt?
- [ˈzaʊ̯zəˌʃʁɪt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sauseschritt in German?
Sauseschritt appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).