Schreibtisch
German, noun/ˈʃʁaɪ̯pˌtɪʃ/
Schreibtisch is spelled S-C-H-R-E-I-B-T-I-S-C-H (12 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written German, the 4,979th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schreibtisch is a German masculine noun meaning “desk, cabinet (any table, frame, or case for the use of writers and readers; also a place for storing the papers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Tisch zum Schreiben, meist mit Schubfächern/Schubladen zur Aufbewahrung von Schreibmaterialien und Akten”.
What does Schreibtisch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedesk, cabinet (any table, frame, or case for the use of writers and readers; also a place for storing the papers)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tisch zum Schreiben, meist mit Schubfächern/Schubladen zur Aufbewahrung von Schreibmaterialien und Akten
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 Schreibtisch
- Schreibtisches genitive
- Schreibtischs genitive
- Schreibtische plural
- Schreibtischen dative definite plural
- Schreibtischchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schreibtisch?
- /ˈʃʁaɪ̯pˌtɪʃ/
- [ˈʃʁaɪ̯pˌtɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schreibtisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schreibtisch in German?
Schreibtisch appears 15 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).