zuschreiben
German, verb
zuschreiben is spelled Z-U-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-N (11 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 35,692nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zuschreiben is a German verb meaning “to attribute, to ascribe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zuschreiben is a different word: “gerund of zuschreiben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas/jemanden als Ursache oder Verursacher von etwas ansehen”.
What does zuschreiben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to attribute, to ascribe
- 2
to credit, impute, refer (attribute or ascribe a cause or feature to someone or something)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zuschreiben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas/jemanden als Ursache oder Verursacher von etwas ansehen 2. annehmen, dass etwas/jemand eine bestimmte Eigenschaft hat 3. dazuschreiben; ergänzend notieren
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 zuschreiben
- schreibt zu present singular third-person
- schrieb zu past
- zugeschrieben participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- zuschreibend participle present
- zuzuschreiben infinitive infinitive-zu
- schreibe zu first-person indicative present
- schreiben zu first-person indicative plural
- schreibst zu indicative present second-person
- schreibest zu second-person singular subjunctive
- schreibet zu plural second-person subjunctive
- schrieben zu first-person indicative plural
- schriebe zu first-person formal rare
- schriebst zu indicative preterite second-person
- schriebt zu indicative plural preterite
- schriebest zu formal rare second-person
- schriebet zu formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to zuschreiben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zuschreiben in German?
zuschreiben appears 1.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).