Polyglot Dictionary

Schriftsteller

/ˈʃʁɪftˌʃtɛlɐ/

der 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

Forms

plural
die Schriftsteller

Meaning

  1. writer

    • Der Schriftsteller schreibt einen Roman.

      The writer is writing a novel.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Autor

Autor is the general word for an author, of any kind of text; Schriftsteller specifically means a (literary) writer, someone whose profession is writing.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

escritor

escritor is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "writer."

Portuguese

escritor

escritor is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "writer."

Practice

1 What does Schriftsteller mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ schreibt einen Roman.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Schriftsteller?

noun

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