Schrieb
German, noun
Schrieb is spelled S-C-H-R-I-E-B (7 letters) and appears 50 times per million words in written German, the 1,705th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schrieb is a German masculine noun meaning “something written, especially (derogatory) an official document or piece of paperwork” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schrieb is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite of schreiben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “schriftliche Nachricht”.
What does Schrieb mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinesomething written, especially (derogatory) an official document or piece of paperwork
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of schreiben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. schriftliche Nachricht
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 Schrieb
- Schriebs genitive
- Schriebe plural
- Schrieben dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schrieb
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schrieb in German?
Schrieb appears 50 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).