schreiben
See also: Schreiben
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German schrīben, from Old High German scrīban, from Proto-West Germanic *skrīban (“to write”), from Latin scrībō.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈʃraɪ̯bən/, [ˈʃʁaɪ̯.bm̩], [-bən]
Audio (Berlin, careful speech): (file) Audio (Berlin, normal speech): (file) Audio (Southern Germany): (file) Audio (Austria): (file) - Hyphenation: schrei‧ben
- Rhymes: -aɪ̯bən
Verb
editschreiben (class 1 strong, third-person singular present schreibt, past tense schrieb, past participle geschrieben, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to write, to write out (use letters to make words and texts)
- Sie schreibt ihren Namen an die Tafel. ― She writes her name on the blackboard.
- Er hat einen Artikel geschrieben. ― He’s written an article.
- (transitive) to spell (use a particular combination of letters to make a word)
- Wie schreibt man das? ― How do you spell that?
- (intransitive) to write (use handwriting)
- Sie schreibt sehr ordentlich. ― She writes very neatly.
- (intransitive) to write (produce texts, work as an author)
- Er schreibt sehr anschaulich. ― He writes very vividly.
- (transitive, usually with man or wir) to be some year or date
- Man schrieb das Jahr 1874, als... ― It was the year 1874 when... (literally, “One wrote the year 1874 when...”)
- (ditransitive) to write, to text (to send written information, communication) [(optional) with accusative ‘something’ and dative ‘to someone’]
- Er hat mir eine Mail geschrieben. ― He’s written me an e-mail.
- Der verwundete Soldat schrieb seiner Frau. ― The wounded soldier wrote to his wife.
- Ich schreibe dir, wenn ich fast da bin. ― I’ll text you when I’m almost there.
- (transitive or intransitive, dative reflexive) to write to each other (to exchange correspondence)
- Sie schreiben sich immer Postkarten. ― They always write each other postcards.
- Wir schreiben uns regelmäßig. ― We write to each other on a regular basis.
- (reflexive) to be spelled/spelt (of a word or a person's name)
- Wie schreibt sich das? ― How do you spell that? (literally, “How does that spell itself?”)
- Wie schreiben Sie sich? ― How is your name spelt? (literally, “How do you spell yourself?”)
- (idiomatic, passive voice or transitive with man) used to express that someone does not know the first thing about something
- Ob ich Skat kann? Ich hab schon Skat gespielt, da wusstest du nicht mal, wie man Skat schreibt!
- You’re asking me if I can play skat? I used to play skat when you didn’t even know how to spell skat!
Conjugation
editinfinitive | schreiben | ||||
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present participle | schreibend | ||||
past participle | geschrieben | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schreibe | wir schreiben | i | ich schreibe | wir schreiben |
du schreibst | ihr schreibt | du schreibest | ihr schreibet | ||
er schreibt | sie schreiben | er schreibe | sie schreiben | ||
preterite | ich schrieb | wir schrieben | ii | ich schriebe1 | wir schrieben1 |
du schriebst | ihr schriebt | du schriebest1 du schriebst1 |
ihr schriebet1 ihr schriebt1 | ||
er schrieb | sie schrieben | er schriebe1 | sie schrieben1 | ||
imperative | schreib (du) schreibe (du) |
schreibt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
edit- abschreiben
- anschreiben
- aufschreiben
- beschreiben
- mitschreiben
- sage und schreibe
- Schreibblock
- Schreiben
- Schreiber
- Schreiberei
- Schreibfeder
- Schreibmaschine
- Schreibpapier
- Schreibstift
- Schreibtisch
- Schreibübung
- Schreibung
- Schreibweise
- überschreiben
- umschreiben
- unterschreiben
- verschreiben
- vorausschreiben
- vorschreiben
- wir schreiben das Jahr
- zuschreiben
Related terms
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- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kreybʰ-
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