Usage Note
Datenbank combines Daten and Bank (in the sense of repository). The irregular plural is Datenbanken. Common verbs: eine Datenbank abfragen (query) and pflegen (maintain).
Examples
"Alle Kundendaten stehen in der Datenbank."
Natural Translation
All customer data is in the database.
Literal Translation
All customer-data stand in the database.
Related Words
Explore German by topic