schriibe

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German schrīben, from Old High German scrīban, from Proto-Germanic *skrībaną, a late borrowing from Latin scrībō (“write”), which comes from a word meaning “to scribe, to scrape”. Cognate with German schreiben, Dutch schrijven, English shrive, Icelandic skrifa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃriːbə/

Verb

schriibe (third-person singular simple present schriibt, past participle gschribe, past subjunctive schriibti, auxiliary haa)

1. to write
   • 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):

     Wie scho än früenere Fremdepolizeischef gschribe hät…

     As a former Head of Naturalization once wrote…