Meaning 1neutral · 82%
An organized digital collection of information that can be searched.
Natural examples
Die Bibliothek speichert ihre Bücher in einer neuen Datenbank.
The library stores its books in a new database.
Mit der Suchfunktion fand ich den Eintrag in der Datenbank.
I found the record in the database with the search tool.
Nur Mitarbeitende dürfen diese Datenbank bearbeiten.
Only staff may edit this database.
Usage note
Datenbank is feminine: die Datenbank, plural Datenbanken. Information is stored in or retrieved from one.
Mini-lesson: Datenbank
An organized digital collection of information that can be searched. Datenbank is feminine: die Datenbank, plural Datenbanken. Information is stored in or retrieved from one.
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