schriebst

[ʃʁiːpst]

/[ʃʁiːpst]/ verb

The verdict

“schriebst” is uncommon German (frequency #76,137 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,137
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schreiben

Corpus desk

Index DE-schriebst · schriebst · German

schriebst · rank #76,137 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,137
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schraub

Nearest frequency peer: schraub (-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 „schriebst“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schriebst“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schriebst
PropertyValue
Headwordschriebst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʃʁiːpst]
Letters9
Frequency rank#76,137
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schriebst“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.schriebstfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schraub“ (#76,136), „Schriftstellerei“ (#76,138), „schonender“ (#76,135). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schriebst“ bei #76,137. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schriebst is uncommon German at frequency #76,137 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʃʁiːpst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schreiben".

Zero misspellings are on record for schriebst in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schriebst, spelled S-C-H-R-I-E-B-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schreiben

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schriebst"?
"schriebst" is spelled S-C-H-R-I-E-B-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃʁiːpst].
What does "schriebst" mean?
As a verb, "schriebst" means: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schreiben
How do you pronounce "schriebst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schriebst" is [ʃʁiːpst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schriebst" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schriebst", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list