Urschrift
German, noun/ˈuːɐ̯ˌʃʁɪft/
Urschrift is spelled U-R-S-C-H-R-I-F-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Urschrift is a German feminine noun meaning “original document” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ursprünglicher, originaler Text”.
What does Urschrift mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoriginal document
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ursprünglicher, originaler Text
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 Urschrift
- Urschriften plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Urschrift?
- /ˈuːɐ̯ˌʃʁɪft/
- [ˈuːɐ̯ˌʃʁɪft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Urschrift
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Urschrift in German?
Urschrift appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).