Abstract: A digital spirit level has an at least substantially cuboid or prismatic housing, wherein at least one surface of the housing is designed as a supporting surface for placing the digital spirit level on a workpiece which is to be oriented with respect to the earth's gravitational field. A digital display unit, which is controlled by an electronic control device and is designed to display to a user the orientation of the housing with respect to the earth's gravitational field in an intuitively perceivable manner, is arranged at least in the region of a further surface of the housing.