German VERB B1 Rank 7897

herunterladen

to download

herunterladen – lud herunter – hat heruntergeladen

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

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herunterladen vs speichern

to save / store

Herunterladen means transferring a file from the internet or a network to your own device. Speichern means storing it permanently in a chosen location. When you download a file, it is usually saved as well, but the verbs emphasize different steps.

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herunterladen

Ich lade die Datei von der Website auf meinen Computer herunter.

I download the file from the website to my computer.

speichern

Nach der Übertragung speichere ich die Datei im Ordner Dokumente.

After the transfer, I save the file in the Documents folder.

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