Noun
die Schrift
Pronunciation: /ʃʁɪft/
writing, script
B1
rank #2,402
plural Schriften
Meanings
Noun
- writing, script
- script (system of writing)
- hand, handwriting (individual way of drawing characters)
- font (specific design of printed characters)
Example sentence
Weißt du, wessen Schrift das ist?
Do you know whose handwriting this is?
Word forms
singular
die Schrift
plural
die Schriften
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedie Schrift
Accusativedie Schrift
Dativeder Schrift
Genitiveder Schrift
Plural
Nominativedie Schriften
Accusativedie Schriften
Dativeden Schriften
Genitiveder Schriften
Usage
- in kleiner Schrift — in small print or small lettering
- Schrift / Sprache — script or writing / language; different concepts
Die Schrift auf dem Schild ist kaum lesbar.
The writing on the sign is barely legible.