How would one say n/a (not applicable) in German? The only guesses I can come up with are fehlendor nicht verfügbar, but they don't have the exact meaning of n/a. Also, how would you abbreviate the equivalent of n/a in German?
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There are several possiblities:
If you want to express, that data is missing, you should use
nicht verfügbar (n.v.)
If you want to express, that a data point can't be / isn't defined, you should use
nicht definiert (n.d.)
But in general, n/a is also used in German.
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2it should be added that "not applicable" would have a literal translation of "nicht zutreffend", which again is sometimes used as a synonym for "falsch" (as in "incorrect"). Commented Dec 26, 2013 at 13:51
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1@syneticon-dj More literal would be
nicht anwendbar, but this is misleading in cases of data just missing.– ToschoCommented Dec 28, 2013 at 16:43 -
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We used to simply type ./. into the relevant column, and that was generally understood as n/a
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1Nur die Frage, wie man es abkürzen kann, ist damit beantwortet, nicht wie man es sagt. Commented Oct 20, 2016 at 2:50
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1Well, 'we' is we in the office. And the full phrase woud be 'Nicht zutreffend' but you can't abbreviate that, hence the ./.– WillikCommented Oct 22, 2016 at 9:53
Duden-Oxford – Großwörterbuch Englisch, 3rd edition (2005) gives two translations for the abbreviation n/a.
1) For the meaning “not available”: n. bek.
2) For the meaning “not applicable”: entf.
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