downloaden
German, verb/ˈdaʊ̯nˌloːdən/
downloaden is spelled D-O-W-N-L-O-A-D-E-N (10 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written German, the 19,537th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Downloaden is a German verb meaning “to download (transfer data from a remote computer to a local one)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Download durchführen; Daten von einem Server auf den eigenen Rechner kopieren”.
What does downloaden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to download (transfer data from a remote computer to a local one)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Download durchführen; Daten von einem Server auf den eigenen Rechner kopieren
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of downloaden
- downloadet present singular third-person
- loadet down present singular third-person
- downloadete past
- loadete down past
- gedownloadet participle past
- downgeloadet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- downloadend participle present
- zu downloaden infinitive infinitive-zu
- downzuloaden infinitive infinitive-zu
- downloade first-person indicative present
- loade down first-person indicative present
- loaden down first-person indicative plural
- downloadest indicative present second-person
- loadest down indicative present second-person
- loade down! imperative singular
- downloade! imperative singular
- loadet down! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce downloaden?
- /ˈdaʊ̯nˌloːdən/
- /-ˌlɔʊ̯dən/
- [ˈdaʊ̯nˌlɔʊ̯dn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to downloaden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is downloaden in German?
downloaden appears 2.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).