Auf dem schmalen Grat beweist Kalle seine Trittsicherheit, Schritt für Schritt und ohne Eile. On the narrow ridge Kalle shows how sure-footed he is, step by step and without hurrying.

noun · C1

die Trittsicherheit

[ˈtʁɪtˌzɪçɐhaɪ̯t]

sure-footedness

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Other Examples

Für diesen Steig brauchen wir Trittsicherheit und feste Schuhe; Turnschuhe reichen nicht.

For this trail we need to be sure-footed and wear sturdy boots; trainers won't do.
Wenn dir die Trittsicherheit fehlt, nimm lieber den breiten Forstweg ins Tal.

If you're not sure-footed, better take the wide forest road down to the valley.
Laut Wanderführer setzt die Route absolute Trittsicherheit und Schwindelfreiheit voraus.

According to the guidebook, the route requires complete sure-footedness and a head for heights.

How the Word Is Built

Tritt root sicher root heit suffix

-heit: a noun from an adjective, always feminine: frei → die Freiheit (freedom).

A compound: Tritt + die Sicherheit

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

trittsicherder Tritttretensicher die Sicherheit

In Otti's situations: The friends spend a weekend in the Alps

der Abstieg die Alm alpin atemberaubend der Berg die Berghütte besteigen das Gebirge das Geröll das Gewitter der Gipfel das Gipfelkreuz

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