reißen + Brett. Compare also English write (“to inscribe, engrave, imprint”) + board. The older meaning of reißen refers to the consequences of using a tool for engraving or drawing, causing little cracks on a surface of choice, which, among other things, could also have been used as means of writing.
Reißbrett n (strong, genitive Reißbrettes or Reißbretts, plural Reißbretter)
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Reißbrett | die | Reißbretter |
genitive | eines | des | Reißbrettes, Reißbretts | der | Reißbretter |
dative | einem | dem | Reißbrett, Reißbrette1 | den | Reißbrettern |
accusative | ein | das | Reißbrett | die | Reißbretter |
1Now rare, see notes.