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skriva.

to write, to type, to copy; to put letters and digits on a surface, using a pen or typewriter

6 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

verb/²skriːva/
  1. to write, to type, to copy; to put letters and digits on a surface, using a pen or typewriter

    Hon skriver som en kråka.
    Hur snabbt skriver du?
  2. to be literate, to be able to write and spell

    Läser och skriver han?
  3. to write, to author, to tell, to report, to publish; to compose and communicate a story

    Vem har skrivit den här boken?
    Süddeutsche Zeitung skriver idag att inflationen är oförändrad.
  4. to sign, to underwrite; to put one's name on a contract or check (skriva under, skriva på)

  5. to take a test, to undergo written examination

    Jag ska skriva geografi nästa vecka.
  6. to register (a person), to matriculate; (skriva in, mantalsskriva)

    var är du skriven?
  7. to write, to print; using a computer printer (skriva ut)

  8. to record, to store, to save; whether by pen in a book, in computer memory or on magnetic disk

    filen måste först skrivas till disk
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish skriva, from Old Norse skrifa, from Proto-Germanic *skrībaną, a late borrowing from Latin scrībō (“write”). Cognate with Danish skrive, Norwegian skriva, skrive, Icelandic skrifa, West Frisian skriuwe, English shrive, Low German schrieven, Dutch schrijven and German schreiben.

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