German VERB B2 Rank 5388

abrufen

to retrieve / call up

abrufen – rief ab – hat abgerufen

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Forms adapted from the German Wiktionary entry abrufen, by Wiktionary contributors, licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

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abrufen vs aufrufen

to call / open

When used with digital content, aufrufen means opening or displaying a website, file, or program. Abrufen, by contrast, emphasizes retrieving stored data from a system and making it available. Use aufrufen for the resource being displayed and abrufen for the data-retrieval process.

Visual example for aufrufen
abrufen

Das Programm ruft die Kundendaten vom Server ab, um sie verfügbar zu machen.

The program retrieves the customer data from the server in order to make it available.

aufrufen

Die Mitarbeiterin ruft die Kundendatei auf, um sie am Bildschirm zu lesen.

The employee opens the customer file in order to read it on the screen.

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