Prüfsumme
German, noun/ˈpʁyːfˌzʊmə/
Prüfsumme is spelled P-R-Ü-F-S-U-M-M-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prüfsumme is a German feminine noun meaning “checksum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus Ausgangsdaten unter Anwendung einer Berechnungsvorschrift erzeugter Wert, mit dessen Hilfe bestimmte…”.
What does Prüfsumme mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechecksum
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aus Ausgangsdaten unter Anwendung einer Berechnungsvorschrift erzeugter Wert, mit dessen Hilfe bestimmte Fehler bei der Übertragung oder Speicherung dieser Daten erkannt werden können
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 Prüfsumme
- Prüfsummen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Prüfsumme?
- /ˈpʁyːfˌzʊmə/
- [ˈpʁyːfˌzʊmə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Prüfsumme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Prüfsumme in German?
Prüfsumme appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).