Schreibschrank
[ˈʃʁaɪ̯pˌʃʁaŋk]
The verdict
“Schreibschrank” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - schrankartiges Möbel mit Schreibplatte und -utensilien
Corpus desk
Index DE-schreibschrank · Schreibschrank · German
Schreibschrank · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Schreibschrank |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʁaɪ̯pˌʃʁaŋk] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schreibschrank“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schreibschrank is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʁaɪ̯pˌʃʁaŋk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schrankartiges Möbel mit Schreibplatte und -utensilien".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schreibschrank, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Schreibschrank, spelled S-C-H-R-E-I-B-S-C-H-R-A-N-K.
Definition
- 1schrankartiges Möbel mit Schreibplatte und -utensilien
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schreibschrank appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dann holte er aus einem Schreibschrank, den er aufgeklappt ließ, einen in Leder gebundenen abgegriffenen Band hervor, den er vor Robert ausbreitete.“
„Ich bestellte den Acker, von dem ich aß, aber ich sah auch die dazugehörigen schriftlichen Dokumente und sonstigen Papiere im Schreibschranke meines armen närrischen Schwiegervaters nach.“
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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.