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Technology — Technologie & Digitales

German vocabulary for technology and digital life with gender, plural forms, and example phrases.

Last updated: 7 December 2025

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Devices and Hardware — Geräte und Hardware

GermanPluralEnglish
das Smartphonedie Smartphonessmartphone
der Laptopdie Laptopslaptop
das Tabletdie Tabletstablet
der Computerdie Computercomputer
der Bildschirmdie Bildschirmescreen / monitor
die Tastaturdie Tastaturenkeyboard
die Mausdie Mäusemouse
die Kopfhörer (pl.)—headphones
das Ladekabeldie Ladekabelcharger cable
der Akkudie Akkusrechargeable battery
die Batteriedie Batterienbattery
Tip Notice that many tech words are borrowed from English and often keep their English plural (die Laptops, die Tablets). Native German tech words follow normal plural patterns — der Bildschirm → die Bildschirme (add -e).

Online and Digital — Online und Digital

GermanPluralEnglish
das Internet—the internet
das WLAN / W-LAN—Wi-Fi
die Appdie Appsapp
die sozialen Medien (pl.)—social media
die Webseitedie Webseitenwebsite
die E-Maildie E-Mailsemail
das Passwortdie Passwörterpassword
der Benutzernamedie Benutzernamenusername
herunterladen—to download
hochladen—to upload
suchen—to search
anklicken—to click

Real world: everyday digital life

German teenagers use technology all day long: „Ich lade die App herunter." (I am downloading the app.) „Wie ist das WLAN-Passwort?" (What is the Wi-Fi password?) „Hast du meine E-Mail bekommen?" (Did you get my email?) The verb herunterladen is separable — the prefix herunter- moves to the end of the sentence.

Practice Problems

Translate: I am downloading the app.

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Ich lade die App herunter.

What is the plural of 'das Passwort'?

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die Passwörter

What gender is 'Bildschirm'?

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masculine — der Bildschirm

How do you say 'website' in German?

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die Webseite