Nomen

den Schritten

Translation

steps (dative), paces (dative)

Er folgt meinen Schritten.

He follows my steps.

Mit kleinen Schritten kommt man auch ans Ziel.

With small steps, you also reach the goal.

Wir nähern uns dem Ziel in großen Schritten.

We are approaching the goal in great strides.

mit+3 with sth. With small steps, you reach the goal.

folgen+3 to follow sb./sth. He follows her steps.

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

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

Keep in mind that prepositions like 'mit' (with), 'nach' (after), 'von' (from) and verbs like 'folgen' (to follow) take the dative case.