Datatypes

German securities identification number (WKN)

ID de_wkn

DatatypeNot PIIidentifier

Wertpapierkennnummer, the 6-character code of digits and capital letters (without I and O) that identifies securities in Germany. It has no check digit and no internal structure, and the ISIN is replacing it. A German ISIN is DE000, the WKN and an ISIN check digit.

Categories
Finances and banking
Countries
Germany
Languages
Common to most languages
python-stdnum
stdnum.de.wkn
Quality
100/100
Metacrafter rules
no detection rule yet
Supported by tools
DataPrep, python-stdnum

Regular expression

^[0-9A-HJ-NP-Z]{6}$

Python re syntax.

Examples

ValueDescription
A0DPBFReal-world value published online (ISIN DE000A0DPBF7)
LYX0ABReal-world value published online (ISIN DE000LYX0AB6)
A0DPBF7 invalidOne character too many
AOMNRK invalidThe letter O is not used

Translations

LanguageNameDescription
GermanWertpapierkennnummer (WKN)
RussianИдентификационный номер ценной бумаги в Германии (WKN)Шестисимвольный код ценной бумаги из цифр и заглавных букв (без I и O), без контрольной цифры; его заменяет ISIN.

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