Schritt
German, noun
Schritt is spelled S-C-H-R-I-T-T (7 letters) and appears 89 times per million words in written German, the 976th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schritt is a German masculine noun meaning “step, footstep (a single instance of walking)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schritt is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite of schreiten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Aufsetzen eines Fußes; das Schreiten”.
What does Schritt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestep, footstep (a single instance of walking)
- 2
masculinewalk (slow gait of a horse)
- 3
masculinecrotch (the area between the human legs close to the genitals or comprising them)
- 4
masculinea pace (any of several obsolete linear measures about as long as a man steps, that is about 70–80 cm)
- 5
masculineany imaginary measure that is likened in its partitioning to the distance traveled by a leg moving forward in its single footsteps
Er war uns einige Schritte voraus.
- 6
masculinestep, move, stage (the part of a measure in the sense of an action one takes)
Um dieses Ziel zu erreichen, sind folgende Schritte durchzuführen:
- 7
masculineellipsis of Schrittgeschwindigkeit
Fahren Sie Schritt!
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of schreiten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aufsetzen eines Fußes; das Schreiten 2. Längenmaß, das sich aus dem Abstand der Füße beim Gehen ergibt 3. Beschreibung der Geschwindigkeit von Fußgängern 4. Maß für die Marschgeschwindigkeit
verb: 1. 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs schreiten 2. 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs schreiten
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 Schritt
- Schrittes genitive
- Schritts genitive
- Schritte plural
- Schrittchen diminutive neuter
- Schritten dative definite plural
- Schrittlein diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schritt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schritt in German?
Schritt appears 89 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).