Schreiberling
[ˈʃʁaɪ̯bɐlɪŋ]
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
- schmückten
schmückten
33,338 corpus weight
- Schnittchen
Schnittchen
33,336 corpus weight
- Schnürchen
Schnürchen
33,335 corpus weight
- Schreiberli…
Schreiberling
33,334 corpus weight
- Schreibschr…
Schreibschrift
33,333 corpus weight
- Schulleben
Schulleben
33,330 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schreiberling“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schreiberling |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʁaɪ̯bɐlɪŋ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #66,667 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schreiberling“ im Deutschen
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
- 1jemand, der viele und schlechte Texte verfasst, insbesondere ein Schriftsteller oder Journalist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schreiberling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Hugo, der sich von seiner bourgeoisen Familie und Herkunft getrennt hat, möchte zur Partei gehören, und zwar nicht nur als Schreiberling der Parteizeitung.“
„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.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).