Schriftrolle

[ˈʃʁɪftˌʁɔlə]

/[ˈʃʁɪftˌʁɔlə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schriftrolle” is uncommon German (frequency #80,899 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,899
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aufgerolltes beschriebenes Material (zum Beispiel Papyrus)

Corpus desk

Index DE-schriftrolle · Schriftrolle · German

Schriftrolle · rank #80,899 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,899
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schulgemeinde

Nearest frequency peer: Schulgemeinde (+2 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 „Schriftrolle“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schriftrolle
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchriftrolle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃʁɪftˌʁɔlə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#80,899
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schriftrolle“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schulgemeinde“ (#80,901), „schnöden“ (#80,896), „schulten“ (#80,902). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schriftrolle“ bei #80,899. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schriftrolle is uncommon German at frequency #80,899 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʁɪftˌʁɔlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aufgerolltes beschriebenes Material (zum Beispiel Papyrus)".

Schriftrolle has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Schriftrolle, spelled S-C-H-R-I-F-T-R-O-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    aufgerolltes beschriebenes Material (zum Beispiel Papyrus)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Schriftrolle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Kein Wunder, daß man unter solchen Umständen jedem Buche, jeder Schriftrolle große Verehrung und Vorsicht angedeihen ließ.“
  2. „In den Sälen der sieben Stockwerke, die wie breite Höhlen in den Fels der Erde geschlagen waren, standen in hohen Reihen die Konvolute, Mappen, Bücher und Schriftrollen geordnet, in deren Zeugnissen die Vergangenheit sich als Gegenwart überlieferte.“

Synonyms

Buchrolle

This word in other languages

scroll(English)rollo(Español)volumen(Français)rolo(Português)

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 "Schriftrolle"?
"Schriftrolle" is spelled S-C-H-R-I-F-T-R-O-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃʁɪftˌʁɔlə].
What does "Schriftrolle" mean?
As a noun, "Schriftrolle" means: aufgerolltes beschriebenes Material (zum Beispiel Papyrus)
How do you pronounce "Schriftrolle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schriftrolle" is [ˈʃʁɪftˌʁɔlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schriftrolle" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Separatismus#80,919Sprachkursen#80,941rhetorischer#80,852retrospektiv#80,847

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list