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Kilobyte

German, noun/ˈkiːlobaɪ̯t/

Kilobyte is a German neuter noun meaning “kilobyte (1024 bytes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “1 000 Byte”.

What does Kilobyte mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuterkilobyte (1024 bytes)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. 1 000 Byte 2. 1 024 Byte (siehe Kibibyte)

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 Kilobyte

  • Kilobytes genitive
  • kB abbreviation
  • kByte abbreviation
  • KB abbreviation
  • KByte abbreviation

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Kilobyte?

  • /ˈkiːlobaɪ̯t/
  • [kiloˈbaɪ̯t]
  • [ˈkiːloˌbaɪ̯t]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Kilobyte

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Kilobyte in German?

Kilobyte 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).