Datendiebstahl
[ˈdaːtn̩ˌdiːpʃtaːl]
The verdict
“Datendiebstahl” is uncommon German (frequency #91,454 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,454
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tatbestand, dass sich jemand widerrechtlich personen- oder sachbezogene, geheime Daten beschafft
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Datendiebstahl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdaːtn̩ˌdiːpʃtaːl] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #91,454 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Datendiebstahl” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Datendiebstahl is uncommon German at frequency #91,454 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdaːtn̩ˌdiːpʃtaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tatbestand, dass sich jemand widerrechtlich personen- oder sachbezogene, geheime Daten beschafft".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Datendiebstahl, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Datendiebstahl, spelled D-A-T-E-N-D-I-E-B-S-T-A-H-L.
Definition
- 1Tatbestand, dass sich jemand widerrechtlich personen- oder sachbezogene, geheime Daten beschafft
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Datendiebstahl”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-A-T-E-N-D-I-E-B-S-T-A-H-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.