schönschreiben
[ˈʃøːnˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]
The verdict
“schönschreiben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in Schreibschrift gleichmäßig große Buchstaben in einer vorgegebenen Form zu Papier bringen (schreiben)
Corpus desk
Index DE-schonschreiben · schönschreiben · German
schönschreiben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | schönschreiben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃøːnˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schönschreiben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schönschreiben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃøːnˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for schönschreiben in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is schönschreiben, spelled S-C-H-Ö-N-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1in Schreibschrift gleichmäßig große Buchstaben in einer vorgegebenen Form zu Papier bringen (schreiben)
- 2rhetorisch versiert schreiben, gekonnt Wendungen und Floskeln einsetzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schönschreiben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Vermutlich hatte Gwen ihrer Tochter in jungen Jahren beigebracht, wie man schönschrieb.“
„Schönschreiben ist nicht nur Schikane: Für künftige Staatsbeamte und Theologen, die geistige und funktionale Elite, war die Beherrschung einer schnell und überindividuell lesbaren Schrift lebensnotwendige Grundlage, eine Schlüsselqualifikation.“
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.