niederschreiben

[ˈniːdɐˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]

/[ˈniːdɐˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“niederschreiben” is uncommon German (frequency #64,562 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,562
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas schriftlich verfassen

Corpus desk

Index DE-niederschreiben · niederschreiben · German

niederschreiben · rank #64,562 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,562
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH niederträchtig

Nearest frequency peer: niederträchtig (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „niederschreiben“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „niederschreiben“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for niederschreiben
PropertyValue
Headwordniederschreiben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈniːdɐˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]
Letters15
Frequency rank#64,562
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „niederschreiben“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.niederschreibenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „niederträchtig“ (#64,563), „Neuseeländer“ (#64,560), „neuartiges“ (#64,559). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „niederschreiben“ bei #64,562. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

niederschreiben is uncommon German at frequency #64,562 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈniːdɐˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas schriftlich verfassen".

No generated misspelling entries exist for niederschreiben in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is niederschreiben, spelled N-I-E-D-E-R-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas schriftlich verfassen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how niederschreiben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die eigene Meinung bezüglich der Schulpflicht sollte für eine bestimmte Adressatin niedergeschrieben und begründet werden.“
  2. „Da mich Squire Trelawney, unser Gutsherr, Dr. Livesey und die übrigen Herren ersucht haben, alles über die Schatzinsel von Anfang bis Ende niederzuschreiben und nur die Lage der Insel zu verschweigen, allein aus dem Grunde, weil noch immer ungehobene Schätze dort liegen, so ergreife ich die Feder im Jahre des Herrn 17.. und versetze mich zurück in die Ze…

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "niederschreiben"?
"niederschreiben" is spelled N-I-E-D-E-R-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈniːdɐˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩].
What does "niederschreiben" mean?
As a verb, "niederschreiben" means: etwas schriftlich verfassen
How do you pronounce "niederschreiben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "niederschreiben" is [ˈniːdɐˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "niederschreiben" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "niederschreiben", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list