rüberschreiben

Word type: (he)rüber verb
Based on: schreiben

Perfect (spoken past): hat rübergescrhieben

Preterite (written past): schrieb rüber

Meanings

to write over, across something

("rüberschreiben über+Acc" - In the literal sense of either writing above or straight up over something. Typically used with the preposition "über", because... you know... German. Can also be "drüber", which puts a focus on the state after.)

Opposite (closest): runterschreiben

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Word Family

Root: *skribh-

The core idea of the root was:

cutting, slicing

And very early on it was used in the context of leaving markings or making drawings and eventually, writing things.
In the Latin branch, we have the verb *scribere, which meant to write, which is the origin for words like script, prescribe, subscribe, describe and more.

Here’s a (incomplete) list:

script, scripture
manuscript (“to write by hand”)
scribe
subscribe (“to write under”)
prescribe (“to write across”)
inscribe (“to write in”)
describe (“to write down”)
ascribe (“write toward”)
transcribe (“to write over”)
serif, sans-serif (“little stroke, draw”)

rüberschreiben

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