verb

traben

trot

Sich mit mittlerer Schnelligkeit auf vier Beinen bewegen, langsamer als Galopp und schneller als Schritt.

The verb traben refers to a specific gait of a horse:

To trot: Moving at a pace between a walk and a gallop. In this gait, the horse moves its legs in diagonal pairs.
To jog or trot (people): Used colloquially to describe a person running at a steady, moderate, and often somewhat heavy or determined pace. It implies moving along continuously, sometimes suggesting a hurried or rhythmic movement.

Grammar:

Word class: Verb (weak verb).
Conjugation: It is a regular verb.
- Present: ich trabe, du trabst, er/sie/es trabt.
- Past: ich trabte.
- Participle II: getrabt.
- Auxiliary verb: sein (when expressing a change of location) or haben (when focusing on the activity).

Word origin:

The word derives from the Middle High German traben, which is related to the Middle Dutch trabben. It is linguistically linked to the concept of treading or stepping firmly.

Synonyms:

Für Pferde: laufen, dahintraben.
Für Personen: joggen, rennen, eilen, tapsen (if describing a heavy gait).

Antonyms:

schleichen (to sneak or walk very slowly), stehen (to stand still), galoppieren (in the context of horses, to move at a much faster speed).

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Die Pferde traben langsam über das Feld.verb

The horses trot slowly across the field.

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