Bankgeheimnis
German, noun[ˈbankɡəˌhaɪ̯mnɪs]
Bankgeheimnis is spelled B-A-N-K-G-E-H-E-I-M-N-I-S (13 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 77,779th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bankgeheimnis is a German neuter noun meaning “bank secrecy, bank privacy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Verschwiegenheitspflicht und Recht der Auskunftsverweigerung von Banken gegenüber Dritten (wie zum Beispiel…”.
What does Bankgeheimnis mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterbank secrecy, bank privacy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Verschwiegenheitspflicht und Recht der Auskunftsverweigerung von Banken gegenüber Dritten (wie zum Beispiel staatlichen Institutionen) über die finanziellen Verhältnisse ihrer Kunden
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 Bankgeheimnis
- Bankgeheimnisses genitive
- Bankgeheimnisse dative singular
- Bankgeheimnissen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bankgeheimnis?
- [ˈbankɡəˌhaɪ̯mnɪs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Bankgeheimnis in German?
Bankgeheimnis appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).