schreibfaul
German, adjective/ˈʃʁaɪ̯pˌfaʊ̯l/
schreibfaul is spelled S-C-H-R-E-I-B-F-A-U-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written German, the 386,396th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schreibfaul is a German adjective meaning “lazy in writing letters (or in replying to them)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu faul oder ohne große Lust zu schreiben, insbesondere Briefe”.
What does schreibfaul mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lazy in writing letters (or in replying to them)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zu faul oder ohne große Lust zu schreiben, insbesondere Briefe
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 schreibfaul
- schreibfauler masculine nominative singular
- am schreibfaulsten superlative
- schreibfaule feminine nominative singular
- schreibfaules neuter nominative singular
- schreibfaulen genitive masculine singular
- schreibfaulem dative masculine singular
- der schreibfaule definite includes-article masculine
- die schreibfaule definite feminine includes-article
- das schreibfaule definite includes-article neuter
- die schreibfaulen definite includes-article nominative
- des schreibfaulen definite genitive includes-article
- der schreibfaulen definite feminine genitive
- dem schreibfaulen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schreibfaul?
- /ˈʃʁaɪ̯pˌfaʊ̯l/
- [ˈʃʁaɪ̯pˌfaʊ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schreibfaul in German?
schreibfaul appears about once in every 42 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).