grossschreiben
German, verb
grossschreiben is spelled G-R-O-S-S-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written German, the 515,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grossschreiben is a German verb meaning “Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of großschreiben” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Grossschreiben is a different word: “Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Großschreiben”.
What does grossschreiben mean in English?
verb
- 1
SwitzerlandSwitzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of großschreiben
noun
- 1
SwitzerlandneuterSwitzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Großschreiben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of grossschreiben
- schreibt gross present singular third-person
- schrieb gross past
- grossgeschrieben participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- grossschreibend participle present
- grosszuschreiben infinitive infinitive-zu
- schreibe gross first-person indicative present
- schreiben gross first-person indicative plural
- schreibst gross indicative present second-person
- schreibest gross second-person singular subjunctive
- schreibet gross plural second-person subjunctive
- schrieben gross first-person indicative plural
- schriebe gross first-person formal rare
- schriebst gross indicative preterite second-person
- schriebt gross indicative plural preterite
- schriebest gross formal rare second-person
- schriebet gross formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is grossschreiben in German?
grossschreiben appears about once in every 69 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).