speichern
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German
Etymology
From Speicher (“storehouse”).
Pronunciation
Verb
speichern (weak, third-person singular present speichert, past tense speicherte, past participle gespeichert, auxiliary haben)
- 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.
- (computing, video games, transitive, intransitive) to save (write data to a storage medium)
- (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
| infinitive | speichern | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | speichernd | ||||
| past participle | gespeichert | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich speichre ich speichere ich speicher |
wir speichern | i | ich speichere ich speichre |
wir speichern |
| du speicherst | ihr speichert | du speicherest du speichrest |
ihr speicheret ihr speichret | ||
| er speichert | sie speichern | er speichere er speichre |
sie speichern | ||
| preterite | ich speicherte | wir speicherten | ii | ich speicherte1 | wir speicherten1 |
| du speichertest | ihr speichertet | du speichertest1 | ihr speichertet1 | ||
| er speicherte | sie speicherten | er speicherte1 | sie speicherten1 | ||
| imperative | speichre (du) speicher (du) speichere (du) |
speichert (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
