treten
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German treten, from Old High German tretan, from Proto-West Germanic *tredan, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną. Cognate with English tread.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): [ˈtʰʁ̥eːtn̩], [ˈtʰʁ̥eːtən], [ˈtʰʁ̥eːʔ̩n]
Audio (Germany): (file) Audio (Austria): (file) - Hyphenation: tre‧ten
Verb
edittreten (class 5 strong, third-person singular present tritt, past tense trat, past participle getreten, past subjunctive träte, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (intransitive) to step, to walk (a short distance) [auxiliary sein]
- Bitte treten Sie hierher.
- Please step over here.
- (intransitive, figuratively) to appear [auxiliary sein]
- Als sie die Tragödie sah, traten ihr Tränen in die Augen.
- As she saw the tragedy, tears appeared in her eyes.
- 1919, Walther Kabel, Irrende Seelen, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 107:
- Wieder begann mein Herz jetzt in rasenden Schlägen zu klopfen, wieder fühlte ich kalten Schweiß auf meine Stirn treten.
- Again my heart started now beating with racing beats, again I felt cold sweat appear on my brow.
- (intransitive, with certain phrases) to come into a state implied by a phrase
- in Kraft treten ― to come into effect
- an die Stelle treten ― to take the place
- in Erscheinung treten ― to appear (literally, “to come into appearance”)
- in den Hintergrund treten ― to become less important (literally, “to step into the background”)
- in den Ruhestand treten ― to retire (literally, “to come into retirement”)
- in Kontakt treten ― to get in touch (literally, “to come into contact”)
- auf den Plan treten ― to appear (literally, “to come onto the map”)
- an die Öffentlichkeit treten ― to go public (literally, “to come into the public”)
- in Aktion treten ― to become active, to take action
- zutage (zu Tage) treten ― to come to light (literally, “to come to day”)
- (transitive) to step; to tread; to trample [auxiliary haben]
- Wasser treten ― to tread water
- (transitive) to kick [auxiliary haben]
- Der Räuber schlug und trat sein Opfer.
- The robber beat and kicked his victim.
- (intransitive) to step; to tread [auxiliary sein]
- (intransitive) to step [with auf (+ accusative) ‘on(to) something’] [auxiliary sein]
- (intransitive) to pedal [auxiliary sein]
Conjugation
editinfinitive | treten | ||||
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present participle | tretend | ||||
past participle | getreten | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich trete | wir treten | i | ich trete | wir treten |
du trittst | ihr tretet | du tretest | ihr tretet | ||
er tritt | sie treten | er trete | sie treten | ||
preterite | ich trat | wir traten | ii | ich träte1 | wir träten1 |
du tratest du tratst |
ihr tratet | du trätest1 | ihr trätet1 | ||
er trat | sie traten | er träte1 | sie träten1 | ||
imperative | tritt (du) | tretet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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