großschreiben
[ˈɡʁoːsˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]
The verdict
“großschreiben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Wort am Wortanfang mit Großbuchstaben schreiben
Corpus desk
Index DE-gro-schreiben · großschreiben · German
großschreiben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | großschreiben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁoːsˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „großschreiben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
großschreiben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡʁoːsˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
großschreiben has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is großschreiben, spelled G-R-O-S-S-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein Wort am Wortanfang mit Großbuchstaben schreiben
- 2etwas besonders wertschätzen, etwas einen hohen Stellenwert geben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how großschreiben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Deutschen schreibt man Substantive groß.
„In dem Vorschlag der Redaktionsgruppe zur Neuformulierung der beiden Paragrafen wird der Tatsache Rechnung getragen, dass in bestimmten Verwendungsweisen der adjektivische Bestandteil großgeschrieben werden kann oder auch ausschließlich großgeschrieben wird.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.