Before you start
Meet der Schritt
See how the article changes from case to case, then try the exercises.
All 6 meanings
- step, footstep (a single instance of walking)
- walk (slow gait of a horse)
- crotch (the area between the human legs close to the genitals or comprising them)
- a pace (any of several obsolete linear measures about as long as a man steps, 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)
Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Forms
How the article changes
For der Schritt, use the coloured columns: masculine and plural.
| Case | masculine | feminine | neuter | plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | der | die | das | die |
| accusative | den | die | das | die |
| dative | dem | der | dem | den |
| Case | masculine | feminine | neuter | plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ein | eine | ein | keine |
| accusative | einen | eine | ein | keine |
| dative | einem | einer | einem | keinen |
Plural die Schritte · Dative plural den Schritten
Examples
- 1Der wichtige Schritt hilft mir.The important step helps me.
- 2Ich mache einen kleinen Schritt.I take a small step.
- 3Paul macht mit seinem ersten Schritt weiter.Paul continues with his first step.