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schreiben.

to write, to write out (use letters to make words and texts)

9 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈʃraɪ̯bən/[ˈʃʁaɪ̯.bm̩][-bən]
  1. to write, to write out (use letters to make words and texts)

    class-1 · strong · transitive
    Sie schreibt ihren Namen an die Tafel.
    Er hat einen Artikel geschrieben.
  2. to spell (use a particular combination of letters to make a word)

    class-1 · strong · transitive
    Wie schreibt man das?
  3. to write (use handwriting)

    class-1 · intransitive · strong
    Sie schreibt sehr ordentlich.
  4. to write (produce texts, work as an author)

    class-1 · intransitive · strong
    Er schreibt sehr anschaulich.
  5. to be some year or date

    class-1 · strong · transitive · usually
    Man schrieb das Jahr 1874, als...
  6. to write, to text (to send written information, communication)

    class-1 · ditransitive · strong
    Er hat mir eine Mail geschrieben.
    Der verwundete Soldat schrieb seiner Frau.
  7. to write to each other (to exchange correspondence)

    class-1 · dative · intransitive · reflexive · strong · transitive
    Sie schreiben sich immer Postkarten.
    Wir schreiben uns regelmäßig.
  8. to be spelled/spelt (of a word or a person's name)

    class-1 · reflexive · strong
    Wie schreibt sich das?
    Wie schreiben Sie sich?
  9. used to express that someone does not know the first thing about something

    class-1 · idiomatic · strong
    Ob ich Skat kann? Ich hab schon Skat gespielt, da wusstest du nicht mal, wie man Skat schreibt!
Where this word comes from

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

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