schreiten
German, verb
schreiten is spelled S-C-H-R-E-I-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 26,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schreiten is a German verb meaning “to stride; to step, to proceed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schreiten is a different word: “gerund of schreiten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “betonte Ausdrucksweise für gehen; bewusst gehen”.
What does schreiten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stride; to step, to proceed
noun
- 1
neutergerund of schreiten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. betonte Ausdrucksweise für gehen; bewusst gehen 2. besondere Art des Gangs bei einigen Vögeln 3. zu etwas schreiten: etwas anfangen/beginnen
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 schreiten
- schreitet present singular third-person
- schritt past
- geschritten participle past
- sein auxiliary
- 1 strong
- schreitend participle present
- schreite first-person indicative present
- schreitest indicative present second-person
- schritten first-person indicative plural
- schritte first-person formal rare
- schrittest indicative preterite second-person
- schrittst indicative preterite second-person
- schrittet indicative plural preterite
- schreit imperative second-person singular
- schreit! imperative singular
- schreite! imperative singular
- schreitet! imperative plural
- geschritten sein active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schreiten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schreiten in German?
schreiten appears 1.8 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).