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datenkraken

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
datenkrak-en
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Internet-oriented companies that have a large number of users and possess detailed personal information on them, presumably without their consent.

Derogatory

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Datenkraken, plural of Datenkrake, itself a compound of Daten (“data”) and Krake (“octopus”), invoking an imagery of such a company being an octopus having its virtual "tentacles" deeply penetrating its users' online habits.

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What does datenkraken mean?
Internet-oriented companies that have a large number of users and possess detailed personal information on them, presumably without their consent.
Where does datenkraken come from?
It is traced to German.

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