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See also: Speichern

German

Etymology

From Speicher (“storehouse”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐn/
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  • Hyphenation: spei‧chern

Verb

speichern (weak, third-person singular present speichert, past tense speicherte, past participle gespeichert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to store, save (keep safe for future use)
    Synonyms: aufbewahren, lagern, bevorraten, vorhalten
    Ein Stausee ist dazu da, Wasser für trockene Zeiten zu speichern.
    A reservoir is used to store water for dry periods.
    Dunkle Steine speichern die Sonnenwärme besser als helle.
    Dark stones store the sun’s warmth better than light ones.
    In Wüsten überleben manche Pflanzen die Dürre, indem sie Wasser in ihren Stängeln oder Wurzeln speichern.
    In deserts, some plants survive the drought by storing water in their stalks or roots.
  2. (computing, video games, ambitransitive) to save (write data to a storage medium)
    Synonym: sichern
    Antonym: löschen
    Den Text müssen wir auf der Festplatte speichern.
    We have to save the text to the hard drive.
    Okay Garmin, Video speichern.
    Okay Garmin, save video.
  3. (thence colloquial) to memorize, remember
    Entschuldige, wie war nochmal dein Name? Den hab ich irgendwie nicht gespeichert.
    So sorry, what was your name again? I somehow can't seem to remember it.

Conjugation

Conjugation of speichern (weak, auxiliary haben)
More information infinitive, present participle ...

1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

Composed forms of speichern (weak, auxiliary haben)
More information perfect, singular ...

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