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Runenschrift

German, noun/ˈʁuːnənˌʃʁɪft/

Runenschrift is spelled R-U-N-E-N-S-C-H-R-I-F-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 241,486th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Runenschrift is a German feminine noun meaning “runic writing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “germanisches Schriftsystem (Futhark), dessen Buchstaben Runenzeichen sind”.

What does Runenschrift mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininerunic writing

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. germanisches Schriftsystem (Futhark), dessen Buchstaben Runenzeichen sind

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 Runenschrift

  • Runenschriften plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Runenschrift?

  • /ˈʁuːnənˌʃʁɪft/
  • [ˈʁuːnənˌʃʁɪft]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Runenschrift in German?

Runenschrift appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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