Petabyte
German, noun/ˈpeːtaˌbaɪt/
Petabyte is a German neuter noun meaning “petabyte (1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Informatik, eine Mengeneinheit, siehe auch Byte”.
What does Petabyte mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterpetabyte (1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Informatik, eine Mengeneinheit, siehe auch Byte
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 Petabyte
- Petabytes genitive
- PB abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Petabyte?
- /ˈpeːtaˌbaɪt/
- [ˈpeːtaˌbaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Petabyte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Petabyte in German?
Petabyte appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).