weiterschreiben
[ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]
The verdict
“weiterschreiben” is uncommon German (frequency #97,952 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,952
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen begonnenen Text fortführen
Corpus desk
Index DE-weiterschreiben · weiterschreiben · German
weiterschreiben · rank #97,952 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,952
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH weitererzählen
Nearest frequency peer: weitererzählen (-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 „weiterschreiben“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Weinanbau
Weinanbau
2,052 corpus weight
- weitererzäh…
weitererzählen
2,050 corpus weight
- weiterschre…
weiterschreiben
2,049 corpus weight
- Weltcuprenn…
Weltcuprennen
2,048 corpus weight
- Weltreligion
Weltreligion
2,046 corpus weight
- Wendepunkte
Wendepunkte
2,045 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „weiterschreiben“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | weiterschreiben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #97,952 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „weiterschreiben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
weiterschreiben is uncommon German at frequency #97,952 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen begonnenen Text fortführen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for weiterschreiben, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is weiterschreiben, spelled W-E-I-T-E-R-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen begonnenen Text fortführen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how weiterschreiben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lass mich in Ruhe mit der Fragerei, ich will jetzt weiterschreiben!
„Vermutlich würde es dieses Buch nun auch gar nicht geben, hätte nicht mein Vater immer wieder gefragt, wie es so läuft und mich ermutigt, weiterzuschreiben.“
Antonyms
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "weiterschreiben", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).