Schritt
German (Berlin)
[ʃʁɪtʰ]
noun
Definitions
- step, footstep, a single instance of walking
- the horse gait called walk
- crotch, the area between the human legs close to the genitals or comprising them
- any of several obsolete linear measures about as long as a man steps (a pace), that is about 70–80 cm
- any imaginary measure that is likened in its partitioning to the distance traveled by a leg moving forward in its single footsteps
- step, move, stage (the part of a measure in the sense of an action one takes)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German schrit inherited from Old High German scrit inherited from Proto-Germanic *skriþiz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skriþiz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Fehler German
- Fortschritt German
- Geschwindigkeit German
- Reaktion German
- Reaktionsschritt German
- Reinigung German
- Reinigungsschritt German
- Schlittschuh German
- Schlittschuhlaufen German
- Schrittfehler German
- Schrittgeschwindigkeit German
- Schritttempo German
- Schuh German
- Stechschritt German
- Tempo German
- fortschrittlich German
- klein German
- kleinschrittig German
- schrittweise German
- stechen German
- schrede Dutch, Flemish
- skritt Norwegian Bokmål
- *skridiz Proto-Germanic
- *skriþiz Proto-Germanic
- skritt Norwegian Nynorsk
- skridt Danish
- skridtbeskytter Danish
- skridtbind Danish
- screde Middle Dutch
- scrit Old High German
- schrit Middle High German
- schret Middle Low German