Daten

See also: daten

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaːt(ə)n/

• audio (Germany):

  (file)

• audio (Austria):

  (file)

Noun

Daten n pl

1. data, plural of Datum (“piece of information”)

Usage notes

• Also sometimes used colloquially as a plural for Datei (“file”) due to the semantic overlap and acoustic similarity between Daten (“data”) and Dateien (“files”).

Further reading

• “Daten” in Duden online