Schreiber
German, noun/ˈʃʁaɪ̯bɐ/
Schreiber is spelled S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-R (9 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written German, the 7,736th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schreiber is a German masculine noun meaning “writer, author, scribe, scrivener (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, welche etwas schreibt oder geschrieben hat”.
What does Schreiber mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewriter, author, scribe, scrivener (male or of unspecified gender)
- 2
masculineclerk (male or of unspecified gender)
- 3
masculinepen
- 4
masculinerecorder, -graph (apparatus, device, instrument)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, welche etwas schreibt oder geschrieben hat 2. Stift, mit dem man schreiben kann 3. Gerät, das etwas automatisch aufzeichnet 4. Gerät, das der Übermittlung von Aufgezeichnetem dient
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 Schreiber
- Schreibers genitive
- Schreiberleute plural
- Schreiberchen diminutive neuter
- Schreiberlein diminutive neuter
- Schreiberin feminine
- Schreibern dative definite plural
- Schreiberleuten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schreiber?
- /ˈʃʁaɪ̯bɐ/
- [ˈʃʁaɪ̯bɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schreiber
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schreiber in German?
Schreiber appears 8.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).