Verschlüsselung
German, noun/fɛɐ̯ˈʃlʏsəlʊŋ/
Verschlüsselung is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-L-Ü-S-S-E-L-U-N-G (15 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written German, the 12,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschlüsselung is a German feminine noun meaning “encryption, encoding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Umwandlung einer lesbaren Information mittels eines Verfahrens in eine nur mit einem Schlüssel lesbare Form”.
What does Verschlüsselung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineencryption, encoding
- 2
femininecipher
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Umwandlung einer lesbaren Information mittels eines Verfahrens in eine nur mit einem Schlüssel lesbare Form
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 Verschlüsselung
- Verschlüsselungen plural
- Verschlüßlung alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Verschlüsselung?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈʃlʏsəlʊŋ/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlʏsəlʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Verschlüsselung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Verschlüsselung in German?
Verschlüsselung appears 4.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).