Eine Datei aus dem Internet auf das eigene Gerät kopieren.
To copy a file from the internet onto your device.
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See how the word “herunterladen” is used in sentences
Ich muss das Formular vor der Sitzung herunterladen. — I need to download the form before the meeting.
Kannst du die Fotos auf den Laptop herunterladen? — Can you download the photos to the laptop?
Das ganze Album herunterzuladen dauerte eine Stunde. — It took an hour to download the whole album.
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Download the app for free German vocabulary testA separable verb, and that is what an English speaker has to watch. In a main clause the prefix flies to the end: ich lade die Datei herunter. Only in the infinitive and after a modal does it stay whole: ich will die Datei herunterladen.
The past participle wedges the ge- into the middle: heruntergeladen. And German needs no equivalent of English to — the infinitive carries it in the ending, which is why the English distinction between I want to download and I can download has no counterpart here.
hochladen to upload
The opposite direction, built the same way and separating the same way.
laden to load, to charge
The base verb: it loads a truck, charges a battery and invites a guest — einladen.
Download download
The noun was borrowed rather than built, and is masculine: der Download.
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