Code

See also: code and codé

English

Proper noun

Code

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• codeball

Anagrams

• Deco, deco, coed, COED, OECD, ecod, co-ed

German

Alternative forms

• Kode m

Etymology

Borrowed from English code, from Old French code (“system of law”), from Latin codex, later form of caudex (“the stock or stem of a tree, a board or tablet of wood smeared over with wax, on which the ancients originally wrote; hence, a book, a writing.”). Doublet of Kodex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koːt]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Homophone: Kot
• Rhymes: -oːt
• IPA^(key): [kɔʊ̯t]

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Noun

Code m (strong, genitive Codes, plural Codes)

1. (computing) code

   Synonyms: Chiffre, Geheimschrift, Geheimzeichen, Schlüssel

Declension

Declension of Code [masculine, strong]

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

Derived terms

• Binärcode m

Related terms

• Kodex m
• kodieren

See also

• Ziffer f
• Geheimschrift f

Further reading

• “Code” in Duden online
• “Code”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)