schreiben

Meaning

1. (class-1, strong, transitive) to write, to write out (use letters to make words and texts)
2. (class-1, strong, transitive) to spell (use a particular combination of letters to make a word)
3. (class-1, intransitive, strong) to write (use handwriting)
4. (class-1, intransitive, strong) to write (produce texts, work as an author)
5. (class-1, strong, transitive, usually) to be some year or date
6. (class-1, ditransitive, strong) to write, to text (to send written information, communication)
7. (class-1, dative, intransitive, reflexive, strong, transitive) to write to each other (to exchange correspondence)
8. (class-1, reflexive, strong) to be spelled/spelt (of a word or a person's name)
9. (class-1, idiomatic, strong) used to express that someone does not know the first thing about something

Concepts

write

✍️

compose

type

spell

write up

create

pen

🖊️

sign

publish

store

touch-type

write down

writing

written

put pen to paper

write to

send word to

write

✍️

write

✍️

book

📖

write

✍️

bring together

draw

hand over

indite

medic

put

record

register

Synonyms

verfassen

✍️

zeichnen

abfassen

texten

✍️

dichten

notieren

veröffentlichen

Feder

🪶

tippen

niederschreiben

zu Papier bringen

anschreiben

eingeben

hacken

Protokoll schreiben

aufs Papier bringen

protokollieren

aufschreiben

verkünden

verkündigen

verzeichnen

weitersagen

zusammenstellen

Notizen machen

zur Feder greifen

zu Protokoll bringen

textlich erfassen

anmerken

aufzeichnen

ausdrücken

ausfertigen

brennen

buchstabieren

dokumentieren

eintragen

erarbeiten

herausgeben

komponieren

mitteilen

niederlegen

schaffen

schöpfen

schriftlich kund tun

trassieren

Translations

écrire

✍️

escribir

✍️

schrijven

✍️

escrever

✍️

scrivere

✍️

γράφω

escriure

✍️

yazmak

✍️

scribere

scribo

✍️

يكتب

escriure

scrivere a

Dialects

Zürich

schriibe

Zürich

schribe

Zürich

schriebe

Bern

schribä

Bern

schribe

Zug

schriibe

St. Gallen

schriibe

Zürich

schriibä

Aargau

schribe

Basel-Landschaft

schribe

Aargau

schriibä

Aargau

schriebe

Aargau

schriibe

Basel-Stadt

schryybe

Graubünden

schrieba

Lucerne

schriibe

Solothurn

schriibe

Thurgau

schriibä

Thurgau

schriibe

Fribourg

schribe

Basel-Landschaft

schriiebe

Graubünden

schriba

Bern

schrybe

Lucerne

schribe

Obwalden

schriibä

Basel-Landschaft

schryybe

St. Gallen

schriiba

St. Gallen

schreia

St. Gallen

schribe

St. Gallen

shriebe

St. Gallen

schribä

Schaffhausen

schriibe

Schwyz

schriibe

Bern

schriibe

Solothurn

schriebe

Solothurn

schribe

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

schriebe

Appenzell Innerrhoden

schreebe

Basel-Landschaft

schrybe

Valais

schriibu

Basel-Stadt

schriibä

Basel-Stadt

schrybe

Fribourg

schrybe

Fribourg

schryybe

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃraɪ̯bən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: schrīben

Inherited from Old High German: scrīban

In summary

From Middle High German schrīben, from Old High German scrīban, from Proto-West Germanic *skrīban (“to write”), from Latin scrībō.

Sentences

Sie begannen Lieder und Opern zu schreiben .

They started writing songs and operas.