noun
step, move
B1
Schritt (der) means 'step' or 'move' (physical step or figurative move). It’s masculine; plural Schritte. Singular genitive often des Schrittes (or des Schritts colloquially). Declension shows des Schrittes in genitive singular and dem Schritt in dative. No special prepositions; regular plural form is Schritte.
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Mach einen Schritt nach vorne.
Take one step forward.
Wir müssen Schritt für Schritt vorgehen, um das Problem zu lösen.
We need to proceed step by step to solve the problem.
Der nächste Schritt in diesem Prozess ist die Prüfung.
The next move in this process is the review.
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Imagine a footprint and the label 'Schritt' under it for each step.
Sounds a bit like 'shrit' — think 'short step' to remember 'Schritt' = step.
der = masculine: picture a man taking a step and shout 'der Schritt!' to remember the gender.
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Schritt commonly means a physical step but is also used metaphorically ('der nächste Schritt' = the next step/move). Genitive singular can appear as 'des Schrittes' or less commonly 'des Schritts'.