treten

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German trëten, from Old High German trëtan, from Proto-West Germanic *tredan, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną. Cognate with English tread. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtʰʁ̥eːtn̩], [ˈtʰʁ̥eːtən], [ˈtʰʁ̥eːʔ̩n] (Germany) IPA(key): /ˈtʁeːtɛn/, [ˈd̥ʁeː-] (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland) Hyphenation: tre‧ten === Verb === treten (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] (intransitive, figuratively) to appear [auxiliary sein] (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] (intransitive) to step; to tread [auxiliary sein] (intransitive) to step [with auf (+ accusative) ‘on(to) something’] [auxiliary sein] (intransitive) to pedal [auxiliary sein] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Treten, Treter, Tretung tretend, getreten betreten, vertreten ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “treten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “treten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “treten” in Duden online “treten” in OpenThesaurus.de == Middle High German == === Etymology === Inherited from Old High German trëtan, from Proto-West Germanic *tredan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈtrɛtən/ === Verb === trëten (class 5 strong, third-person singular present tritet, past tense trat, past participle getrëten, past subjunctive træte, auxiliary hān) to step, to walk, to tread (transitive) [with accusative] to kick ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== German: treten