Schreiberling

[ˈʃʁaɪ̯bɐlɪŋ]

/[ˈʃʁaɪ̯bɐlɪŋ]/ noun

The verdict

“Schreiberling” is uncommon German (frequency #66,667 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,667
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der viele und schlechte Texte verfasst, insbesondere ein Schriftsteller oder Journalist

Corpus desk

Index DE-schreiberling · Schreiberling · German

Schreiberling · rank #66,667 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,667
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schnürchen

Nearest frequency peer: Schnürchen (-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 „Schreiberling“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schreiberling
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchreiberling
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃʁaɪ̯bɐlɪŋ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#66,667
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schreiberling“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Schreiberlingfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schnürchen“ (#66,666), „Schreibschrift“ (#66,668), „Schnittchen“ (#66,665). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schreiberling“ bei #66,667. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schreiberling is uncommon German at frequency #66,667 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʁaɪ̯bɐlɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der viele und schlechte Texte verfasst, insbesondere ein Schriftsteller oder Journalist".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schreiberling, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Schreiberling, spelled S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-R-L-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemand, der viele und schlechte Texte verfasst, insbesondere ein Schriftsteller oder Journalist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Hugo, der sich von seiner bourgeoisen Familie und Herkunft getrennt hat, möchte zur Partei gehören, und zwar nicht nur als Schreiberling der Parteizeitung.“
  2. „Der schwächliche Schreiberling ist ein geschickter Textverstecker. Große Teile seines Tagebuchs quetscht er zwischen die Zeilen des sogenannten "Trinker"-Manuskripts.“

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 "Schreiberling"?
"Schreiberling" is spelled S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-R-L-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃʁaɪ̯bɐlɪŋ].
What does "Schreiberling" mean?
As a noun, "Schreiberling" means: jemand, der viele und schlechte Texte verfasst, insbesondere ein Schriftsteller oder Journalist
How do you pronounce "Schreiberling"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schreiberling" is [ˈʃʁaɪ̯bɐlɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schreiberling" come from?
"Schreiberling" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list