Polyglot Dictionary

Rechtschreibung

/ˈʁɛçtˌʃʁaɪ̯bʊŋ/

die noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. spelling, orthography

    Literally "correct-writing."

    • Die deutsche Rechtschreibung hat viele Regeln.

      German spelling has a lot of rules.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Recht correct, right
  • Schreibung a writing, spelling — from schreiben, to write

Similar words

Grammatik

Grammatik covers sentence structure — word order, cases, verb conjugation. Rechtschreibung covers only how individual words are spelled, a narrower and more mechanical concern.

Practice

1 What does Rechtschreibung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die deutsche ___ hat viele Regeln.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Rechtschreibung?

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