einleiten

See also: Einleiten

German

Etymology

ein- + leiten. Cognate with English inlead.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɪ̯nˌlaɪ̯tn̩/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ein‧lei‧ten

Verb

einleiten (weak, third-person singular present leitet ein, past tense leitete ein, past participle eingeleitet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to commence, initiate, trigger, instigate, start
    Schritte einleiten.to take action.

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

Usage

Note that einläuten and einleiten have similar, but not identical meanings. Einleiten means a causal connection, einläuten a correlative one.

Further reading

  • einleiten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • einleiten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • einleiten” in Duden online
  • einleiten” in OpenThesaurus.de
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