Backup
German, noun[ˈbɛkʔap]
Backup is spelled B-A-C-K-U-P (6 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written German, the 15,068th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Backup is a German masculine noun meaning “backup” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Abbild eines (Daten-)Speichers mit dem Zweck, den Inhalt dessen, falls er beschädigt oder zerstört worden…”.
What does Backup mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Abbild eines (Daten-)Speichers mit dem Zweck, den Inhalt dessen, falls er beschädigt oder zerstört worden ist, wiederherzustellen
noun: 1. Mitglied einer Mannschaft, das im Bedarfsfall für den Stammspieler eingesetzt werden kann
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Backup
- Backups genitive
- Back-up alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Backup?
- [ˈbɛkʔap]
- [bɛkˈʔap]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Backup
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Backup in German?
Backup appears 3.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).