Byte
German, noun/baɪ̯t/
Byte is spelled B-Y-T-E (4 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Byte is a German neuter noun meaning “byte (binary data unit of eight bits)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Maßeinheit der Datenmenge, wobei ein Byte genau acht Bit entspricht”.
What does Byte mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterbyte (binary data unit of eight bits)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maßeinheit der Datenmenge, wobei ein Byte genau acht Bit entspricht 2. Kleinste adressierbare Datenmenge eines bestimmten technischen Systems, bei heutigen Computern meist 8 Bit 3. geordnete Zusammenstellung von 8 Bit 4. Datentyp einiger Programmiersprachen, meistens der Länge 8 Bit
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 Byte
- Bytes genitive
- B abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Byte?
- /baɪ̯t/
- [baɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Byte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Byte in German?
Byte appears 1.1 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).