krankschreiben
German, verb/ˈkʁaŋkˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩/
krankschreiben is spelled K-R-A-N-K-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 110,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Krankschreiben is a German verb meaning “to write someone a sick note (to attest as a doctor that someone is sick and therefore exempt from work or education for a given time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einem Patienten die vorübergehende Arbeitsunfähigkeit wegen einer Krankheit oder eines Unfalls schriftlich…”.
What does krankschreiben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to write someone a sick note (to attest as a doctor that someone is sick and therefore exempt from work or education for a given time)
krankgeschrieben sein
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einem Patienten die vorübergehende Arbeitsunfähigkeit wegen einer Krankheit oder eines Unfalls schriftlich bescheinigen
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 krankschreiben
- schreibt krank present singular third-person
- schrieb krank past
- krankgeschrieben participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- krankschreibend participle present
- krankzuschreiben infinitive infinitive-zu
- schreibe krank first-person indicative present
- schreiben krank first-person indicative plural
- schreibst krank indicative present second-person
- schreibest krank second-person singular subjunctive
- schreibet krank plural second-person subjunctive
- schrieben krank first-person indicative plural
- schriebe krank first-person formal rare
- schriebst krank indicative preterite second-person
- schriebt krank indicative plural preterite
- schriebest krank formal rare second-person
- schriebet krank formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce krankschreiben?
- /ˈkʁaŋkˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩/
- [ˈkʁaŋkˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is krankschreiben in German?
krankschreiben appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).