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Illustration of the A1 German word “schreiben”, which translates to “to write”. A tiny mouse rides a giant fountain pen like a pogo stick, bouncing across a blank scroll and leaving a trail of looping glowing swirls.

schreiben is part of German verbs A1–B1 and Goethe A1 vocabulary.

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schreiben

to write

/ˈʃʁaɪ̯bn̩/

Conjugation

Principal parts

schreiben, schrieb, hat geschrieben

ich schreibe
du schreibst
er/sie/es schreibt
wir schreiben
ihr schreibt
sie/Sie schreiben

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schreiben — Präteritum — sie/Sie →

Examples — schreiben in a sentence

Ich schreibe einen Brief.

I write a letter.

Wir schreiben die Hausaufgaben.

We write the homework.

How to remember it

"Schreiben" — scribe and write.

Word family

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