Informationstheorie
German, noun/ˌɪn.fɔʁ.maˈt͡sɪ̯oːns.teoˌʁiː/
Informationstheorie is spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N-S-T-H-E-O-R-I-E (19 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 150,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Informationstheorie is a German feminine noun meaning “information theory (branch of applied mathematics)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mathematische Teildisziplin, die sich mit den Gesetzmäßigkeiten der Übertragung und Verarbeitung von…”.
What does Informationstheorie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformation theory (branch of applied mathematics)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mathematische Teildisziplin, die sich mit den Gesetzmäßigkeiten der Übertragung und Verarbeitung von Information befasst
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 Informationstheorie
- Informationstheorien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Informationstheorie?
- /ˌɪn.fɔʁ.maˈt͡sɪ̯oːns.teoˌʁiː/
- [ˌɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːnsteoˌʁiː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Informationstheorie in German?
Informationstheorie appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).