Vorratsdatenspeicherung
German, noun[ˈfoːɐ̯ʁaːt͡sdaːtn̩ˌʃpaɪ̯çəʁʊŋ]
Vorratsdatenspeicherung is spelled V-O-R-R-A-T-S-D-A-T-E-N-S-P-E-I-C-H-E-R-U-N-G (23 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written German, the 15,068th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorratsdatenspeicherung is a German feminine noun meaning “telecommunications data retention” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Speicherung personenbezogener Daten über einen bestimmten Zeitraum”.
What does Vorratsdatenspeicherung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetelecommunications data retention
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Speicherung personenbezogener Daten über einen bestimmten Zeitraum
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 Vorratsdatenspeicherung
- Vorratsdatenspeicherungen plural
- VDS abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vorratsdatenspeicherung?
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ʁaːt͡sdaːtn̩ˌʃpaɪ̯çəʁʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Vorratsdatenspeicherung in German?
Vorratsdatenspeicherung appears 3.8 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).