Blockschrift
German, noun/ˈblɔkʃʁɪft/
Blockschrift is spelled B-L-O-C-K-S-C-H-R-I-F-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 261,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blockschrift is a German feminine noun meaning “block letters (capital letters written by hand)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “lateinische Druckschrift, die aus großen Blockbuchstaben mit gleichmäßig starken Strichen besteht”.
What does Blockschrift mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineblock letters (capital letters written by hand)
- 2
feminineprint (printed characters written by hand)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lateinische Druckschrift, die aus großen Blockbuchstaben mit gleichmäßig starken Strichen besteht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Blockschrift
- Blockschriften plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Blockschrift?
- /ˈblɔkʃʁɪft/
- [ˈblɔkˌʃʁɪft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Blockschrift in German?
Blockschrift appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).