Skriptorium
German, noun/skʁɪpˈtoːʁi̯ʊm/
Skriptorium is spelled S-K-R-I-P-T-O-R-I-U-M (11 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 179,801st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Skriptorium is a German neuter noun meaning “scriptorium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Einrichtung, die besonders vor Erfindung des Buchdrucks in und außerhalb von Klöstern der Vervielfältigung…”.
What does Skriptorium mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterscriptorium
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Einrichtung, die besonders vor Erfindung des Buchdrucks in und außerhalb von Klöstern der Vervielfältigung von Schriften diente
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 Skriptorium
- Skriptoriums genitive
- Skriptorien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Skriptorium?
- /skʁɪpˈtoːʁi̯ʊm/
- [skʁɪpˈtoːʁiʊm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Skriptorium
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Skriptorium in German?
Skriptorium appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).