Datenautobahn
German, noun[ˈdaːtn̩ˌʔaʊ̯tobaːn]
Datenautobahn is spelled D-A-T-E-N-A-U-T-O-B-A-H-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 115,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Datenautobahn is a German feminine noun meaning “information superhighway” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vernetzte Einrichtung zur schnellen Übertragung von Daten wie Sprache, Bild, Text und Ton”.
What does Datenautobahn mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedfeminineinformation superhighway
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vernetzte Einrichtung zur schnellen Übertragung von Daten wie Sprache, Bild, Text und Ton
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 Datenautobahn
- Datenautobahnen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Datenautobahn?
- [ˈdaːtn̩ˌʔaʊ̯tobaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Datenautobahn in German?
Datenautobahn appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).