Byte

See also: byte and bytě

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English byte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɪ̯t/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

Byte n (strong, genitive Bytes or Byte, plural Bytes or Byte)

1. (computing) byte (binary data unit of eight bits)

Declension

Declension of Byte [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Byte	die	Bytes, Byte
genitive	eines	des	Bytes, Byte	der	Bytes, Byte
dative	einem	dem	Byte	den	Bytes, Byte
accusative	ein	das	Byte	die	Bytes, Byte

Related terms

• Kilobyte
• Megabyte
• Gigabyte

Further reading

• “Byte” in Duden online
• “Byte”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)