Nomen

den Schritten

steps (dative), paces (dative)

Er folgt meinen Schritten.

He follows my steps.

Mit kleinen Schritten kommt man auch ans Ziel.

With small steps, one also reaches the goal.

Wir nähern uns dem Ziel in großen Schritten.

We are approaching the goal in great strides.

mit+3 with sth. Mit kleinen Schritten erreicht man das Ziel.

folgen+3 to follow sb./sth. Er folgt ihren Schritten.

Taten (dative plural of deeds), Worten (dative plural of words)

Dative plural of 'Schritt'. The '-n' ending is a typical marker for the dative plural in German.

Remember that prepositions like 'mit' (with), 'nach' (after), 'von' (from) and verbs like 'folgen' (to follow) require the dative case.

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