Data

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin data.

Noun

Data n pl (plural only)

  1. Archaic form of Daten.
    • 1856, “Boden”, in Gustav Adolf Poenicke, editor, Album der Rittergüter und Schlösser im Königreiche Sachsen:
      Viele geschichtliche Data und interessante Nachrichten über Boden und die Umgegend sind durch den Brand in Radeburg im Jahre 1718 zu Grunde gegangen, wo die grosse Bibliothek, welche sich in der Kirche zu Radeburg befand, nebst vielen Handschriften und Actenstücken ein Raub der Flammen wurde.
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Declension