A device for reading out a predetermined data word from a memory in which a data block is divided into a plurality of data words including the predetermined data word, an error identification value associated with the respective data word per data word of the plurality of data words, and a correction value associated with the data block are stored, having an error identifier implemented to check whether the predetermined data word comprises a predetermined relation to the associated error identification value to conclude that there is an error if the predetermined relation is not present, and an error corrector implemented to correct, if the predetermined data word does not have the predetermined relation to the associated error identification value, the error using the correction value, wherein the error corrector is implemented to use the correction value independent of which data word of the plurality of data words is the predetermined data word.