German

Verb

treten ‎(class 5 strong, third-person singular simple present tritt, past tense trat, past participle getreten, past subjunctive träte, auxiliary haben or sein)

1. (transitive, auxiliary: “haben”) to step; to tread; to trample

   Wasser treten — “to tread water”

2. (transitive, auxiliary: “haben”) to kick (a ball)
3. (intransitive, auxiliary: “sein”) to step; to tread

   auf etwas treten — “to tread on something”

4. (intransitive, auxiliary: “sein”, figuratively) to appear
   • 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.

5. (intransitive, auxiliary: “sein”) to pedal
6. (intransitive, auxiliary: “sein”) to walk

Conjugation

Derived terms