speichern

See also: Speichern

German

Etymology

From Speicher (storehouse)

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. to store, save (store for future use)
    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) to save (write a file to a disk), store (write (something) into memory or registers)
    Den Text müssen wir auf die Festplatte speichern.
    We have to save the text to the hard drive.

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