schreiben

/ˈʃʁaɪ̯bn̩/

verb A1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

present (3rd sg.)
schreibt
past
schrieb
perfect
hat geschrieben

Meaning

  1. to write

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: action. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: transitive.

Similar words

aufschreiben

Aufschreiben is writing something DOWN, jotting it — a note, a phone number; schreiben is the general word for writing, like a letter or a book.

Similar in other languages

French

écrire

écrire is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to write."

Portuguese

escrever

escrever is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to write."

Practice

1 What does schreiben mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie ___ einen Brief an ihre Freundin.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches schreiben?

verbirregularcore-vocabulary

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