An entire internet presence under a specific domain, which can consist of several individual web pages, images, and other content.
example
Alle Informationen zu unseren Produkten finden Sie auf unserer offiziellen Website.
You can find all information about our products on our official website.
Usage tips
Word structure
'Website' is a loanword from English, made up of 'web' (Netz) and 'site' (Stätte, Platz). It was adopted directly into German.
EXAMPLE
Unsere neue Website ist seit gestern online.
Our new website has been online since yesterday.
Correct preposition
The correct preposition for 'Website' is 'auf'. You find information 'auf' einer Website (on a website, dative), and you go 'auf' eine Website (to a website, accusative).
EXAMPLE
Ich habe die Information auf der offiziellen Website der Stadt gefunden.
I found the information on the city's official website.
Typical verbs
Common verbs used with 'Website' are 'eine Website besuchen' (to visit a website), 'eine Website erstellen' (to create a website), or 'eine Website gestalten' (to design a website).
EXAMPLE
Eine Agentur hat die neue Website für uns gestaltet.
An agency designed the new website for us.
Compare with
near_synonym · confusable
Website vs Seite
page / side
'die Seite' and 'die Website' can both have to do with the internet. In this context, 'Seite' usually means a single web page, that is, a single document in the browser. 'Website' means the whole website, which can consist of many individual pages. Learners confuse the words because in everyday language people often simply say 'Seite', even though they sometimes mean the entire website. To be precise: a website has several pages; a page is one part of it.
Website
Am Montag hat Lena die Website der Schule für ihre Eltern geöffnet.
On Monday, Lena opened the school's website for her parents.
Seite
Die Seite mit den Öffnungszeiten hat sich nur langsam geladen.
The page with the opening hours loaded very slowly.