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Sütterlinschrift

German, noun/ˈzʏtɐliːnˌʃʁɪft/

Sütterlinschrift is spelled S-Ü-T-T-E-R-L-I-N-S-C-H-R-I-F-T (16 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 278,604th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sütterlinschrift is a German feminine noun meaning “Sütterlin script” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schreibschrift nach L. Sütterlin, ab 1915 an preußischen Schulen und ab 1934 in allen deutschen Ländern…”.

What does Sütterlinschrift mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineSütterlin script

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Schreibschrift nach L. Sütterlin, ab 1915 an preußischen Schulen und ab 1934 in allen deutschen Ländern gelehrt

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 Sütterlinschrift

  • Sütterlin-Schrift alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Sütterlinschrift?

  • /ˈzʏtɐliːnˌʃʁɪft/
  • [ˈzʏtɐliːnˌʃʁɪft]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Sütterlinschrift in German?

Sütterlinschrift appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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