Bitcoin

See also: bitcoin, BitCoin, and bitcóin

English

Noun

Bitcoin (plural Bitcoins)

1. Alternative letter-case form of bitcoin.
   • 2011 July 3, Noam Cohen, “Speed Bumps on the Road to Virtual Cash”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 January 2021:

     And at least one group that was collecting donations in Bitcoins has decided against using them because of possible legal entanglements. […] “I’ve sold 24 collars, 13 leashes and 1 pair of ‘Disco Knickers’ with Bitcoin over the last few months,” she wrote in an e-mail. “The first order I had was for 42 BTC, which was worth about $40 at the time, but now those coins would be worth around $680! Originally I had a fixed Bitcoin price, but now I do a conversion based on the exchange rate.”

Derived terms

• shitcoin

Anagrams

• binotic, biontic, bitonic

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English bitcoin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪtˌkɔɪ̯n/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Bit‧coin

Noun

Bitcoin m (strong, genitive Bitcoins, plural Bitcoins) or
Bitcoin f (genitive Bitcoin, plural Bitcoins)

1. bitcoin
   • 2021 May 19, “Bitcoin: Warum die Kryptowährung abgestürzt ist”, in Der Spiegel‎^[2], archived from the original on 23 January 2025:

     Der Blick an diesem Mittwoch auf die Kursstände von Bitcoin und Co. ist – zumindest für Krypto-Investoren – besorgniserregend: Der Bitcoin sackte auf der Handelsplattform Bitstamp zeitweilig um etwa 25 Prozent auf 30.066 US-Dollar ab – das niedrigste Niveau seit Ende Januar.

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Declension

Declension of Bitcoin [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bitcoin	die	Bitcoins
genitive	eines	des	Bitcoins	der	Bitcoins
dative	einem	dem	Bitcoin	den	Bitcoins
accusative	einen	den	Bitcoin	die	Bitcoins

Declension of Bitcoin [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bitcoin	die	Bitcoins
genitive	einer	der	Bitcoin	der	Bitcoins
dative	einer	der	Bitcoin	den	Bitcoins
accusative	eine	die	Bitcoin	die	Bitcoins

Further reading

• “Bitcoin, Zahlungseinheit” in Duden online
• “Bitcoin, Zahlungssystem” in Duden online
• “Bitcoin”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[3] (in German)

Portuguese

Noun

Bitcoin m (invariable)

1. alternative letter-case form of bitcoin