Buchstabenschrift
German, noun/ˈbuːxʃtaːbn̩ˌʃʁɪft/
Buchstabenschrift is spelled B-U-C-H-S-T-A-B-E-N-S-C-H-R-I-F-T (17 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written German, the 401,709th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Buchstabenschrift is a German feminine noun meaning “alphabetical writing system” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schrift, deren einzelne Schriftzeichen aus den Buchstaben eines Alphabets bestehen und die Laute der Wörter…”.
What does Buchstabenschrift mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealphabetical writing system
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schrift, deren einzelne Schriftzeichen aus den Buchstaben eines Alphabets bestehen und die Laute der Wörter mehr oder weniger genau wiedergeben
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 Buchstabenschrift
- Buchstabenschriften plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Buchstabenschrift?
- /ˈbuːxʃtaːbn̩ˌʃʁɪft/
- [ˈbuːxʃtaːbn̩ˌʃʁɪft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Buchstabenschrift in German?
Buchstabenschrift appears about once in every 45 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).