übertreten

== German == === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German übertreten. By surface analysis, über (“over”) +‎ treten (“to step”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈyːbɐˌtʁeːtən/ Hyphenation: über‧tre‧ten ==== Verb ==== übertreten (class 5 strong, third-person singular present tritt über, past tense trat über, past participle übergetreten, past subjunctive träte über, auxiliary sein or haben) (intransitive) to join (another faith, party, etc.); to convert to [with zu] [auxiliary sein] (intransitive) to enter, to pass into (a different medium, phase of life, etc.) [with von (+ dative) ‘from’] [with in (+ accusative) ‘into’] [auxiliary sein] (intransitive, sports) to step beyond (a line in the long jump) with one's foot [auxiliary sein or haben] (intransitive) to overflow its banks (of a river) [auxiliary sein] ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Übertreten, Übertreter, Übertretung Übertritt === Etymology 2 === über- +‎ treten ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˌyːbɐˈtʁeːtən/ ==== Verb ==== übertreten (class 5 strong, third-person singular present übertritt, past tense übertrat, past participle übertreten, past subjunctive überträte, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to step beyond; to trespass; to violate; to breach ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Übertreten, Übertreter, Übertretung === Further reading === “übertreten” in Duden online “übertreten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache