betritt

Betritt is the present tense, third-person singular form of the German verb betreten, meaning to enter or to step onto. The verb is transitive and typically takes a direct object, for example eine Tür, ein Zimmer, die Bühne oder das Gelände. It emphasizes the moment of crossing a boundary or threshold and is commonly used for physical entry into places or onto surfaces.

In terms of conjugation, the present tense forms are: ich betrete, du betrittst, er betritt, wir betreten, ihr betretet, sie betreten. The Präteritum (simple past) forms include ich betrat, du betratst, er betrat, wir betraten, ihr betraten, sie betraten. The perfect (Perfekt) is formed with haben: ich habe betreten, du hast betreten, er hat betreten; das Gebäude betreten is a typical example in the perfect: Er hat das Gebäude betreten. The past participle (Partizip II) is betreten, used with the auxiliary haben.

Etymologically, betreten combines the prefix be- with treten (to step or to tread). The be- prefix in this verb is inseparable, so the form does not split in tenses that require prefix separation in other verbs. The word shares semantic roots with andere verbs describing movement or entering, but betreten is specifically used for entering a place or stepping onto a surface.

Common usages include physical entry into rooms or spaces, as in Der König betritt die Bühne, and entering a location, as in Sie betritt das Zimmer ruhig. Betreten can also be used in figurative contexts to describe beginning participation in an event or activity, though in everyday German, terms like eintreten or hereinkommen might be more common in some contexts.