From Middle High German schrīben, from Old High German scrīban, from Proto-West Germanic *skrīban, from Proto-Germanic *skrībaną, a late borrowing from Latin scrībō (“write”), from Proto-Italic *skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-.
Compare German schreiben, Low German schrieven, Dutch schrijven, English shrive and scribe, West Frisian skriuwe, Danish skrive, Swedish skriva, Icelandic skrifa.
schreibn (past participle gschriebn)
infinitive | schreibn | ||
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present tense | past tense | subjunctive | |
1st person sing. | schreib | - | schreibad |
2nd person sing. | schreibst | - | schreibast |
3rd person sing. | schreibt | - | schreibad |
1st person plur. | schreibn | - | schreibadn |
2nd person plur. | schreibts | - | schreibats |
3rd person plur. | schreibn | - | schreibadn |
imperative sing. | schreib | ||
imperative plur. | schreibts | ||
past participle | gschriebn |