German word

digital

Pronunciation

IPA/digiˈtaːl/

Meaning

  • adjectivedigital

Example

Ich speichere das digitale Foto auf meinem Computer.

I save the digital photo on my computer.

Illustration for digital (digital)

More examples

Digitale Kommunikation erleichtert den Austausch mit Freunden.

Digital communication makes it easier to communicate with friends.

Core concept

Information is stored or handled as separate numerical states, such as the bits 0 and 1, rather than as a continuous signal.

Common phrases

  • digitale Kommunikation

    digital communication

  • digitale Welt

    digital world

  • digitale Geräte

    digital devices

Similar words

analog: Information or signals varying smoothly over time, with all intermediate values possible.
online: Connected to the internet and accessible through it.

Definition in German

Bezeichnet Sachverhalte, Daten oder Technik, die in diskreten Zahlenwerten (zum Beispiel binär) dargestellt, gespeichert oder verarbeitet werden.

Word origin

German digital comes through international technical vocabulary from Latin digitalis, based on digitus meaning 'finger', and later developed its modern computing sense.

Usage tips

  • As an adjective, digital stays lowercase in German and takes ordinary adjective endings, as in 'ein digitales Foto' and 'mit digitalen Daten'.

Opposites

Related words

  • Digitalisierungdigitizationnoun
  • digitalisierendigitizeverb
  • digitalisiertdigitizedadjective

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