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To download data, such as files, programs, or media, from the internet or another network onto your own computer or another device.
Du kannst dir die Tickets für das Konzert einfach von der Webseite downloaden.
You can simply download the tickets for the concert from the website.
"Downloaden" (to download) is a separable verb. The prefix "down" comes at the end in a main clause. In subordinate clauses and in the infinitive, the verb stays together.
Ich loade mir schnell die neueste Version der App down.
I'll quickly download the latest version of the app.
The past participle of "downloaden" (to download) is formed regularly, but in a way typical of Anglicisms: "downgeloadet" (downloaded). The "ge-" is inserted before the verb stem.
Hast du das Update schon downgeloadet?
Have you already downloaded the update?
Typical things that one "downloadet" (downloads) are digital content. These include files, programs, music, films, images, or documents.
Für die Reise habe ich mir einige Hörbücher downgeloadet.
I downloaded several audiobooks for the trip.
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Herunterladen and downloaden refer here to the same process. Herunterladen is the neutral German form and is separated: “Ich lade die Datei herunter.” Downloaden is an English loan verb, often sounds more informal, and is conjugated regularly: “Ich downloade die Datei.”
Ich downloade die Datei schnell von unserer Internetseite.
I’ll quickly download the file from our website.
Bitte laden Sie die Datei von unserer Internetseite herunter.
Please download the file from our website.
