cyber-
[ˈsaɪ̯bɐ]
The verdict
“cyber-” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prefix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wortbildungselement mit der Bedeutung „im Internet befindlich, es betreffend“
Corpus desk
Index DE-cyber · cyber- · German
cyber- · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cyber- |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Prefix |
| IPA | [ˈsaɪ̯bɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „cyber-“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
cyber- is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aprefix, transcribed [ˈsaɪ̯bɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wortbildungselement mit der Bedeutung „im Internet befindlich, es betreffend“".
cyber- has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is cyber-, spelled C-Y-B-E-R--.
Definition
- 1Wortbildungselement mit der Bedeutung „im Internet befindlich, es betreffend“
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cyber- appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cyberkriminalität ist zu einem ernsten Problem geworden.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.