herunterladen
German, verb/hɛˈʁʊntɐˌlaːdən/
herunterladen is spelled H-E-R-U-N-T-E-R-L-A-D-E-N (13 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 15,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herunterladen is a German verb meaning “to download (to transfer data from a remote computer to a local one)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Inhalte von einem Server im Netzwerk (zum Beispiel Internet) auf den lokalen Computer übertragen”.
What does herunterladen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to download (to 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. Inhalte von einem Server im Netzwerk (zum Beispiel Internet) auf den lokalen Computer übertragen
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 herunterladen
- lädt herunter present singular third-person
- lud herunter past
- heruntergeladen participle past
- lüde herunter past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 6 strong
- herunterladend participle present
- herunterzuladen infinitive infinitive-zu
- lade herunter first-person indicative present
- laden herunter first-person indicative plural
- lädst herunter indicative present second-person
- ladet herunter indicative plural present
- ladest herunter second-person singular subjunctive
- luden herunter first-person indicative plural
- lüden herunter first-person formal plural
- ludest herunter indicative preterite second-person
- ludst herunter indicative preterite second-person
- ludet herunter indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce herunterladen?
- /hɛˈʁʊntɐˌlaːdən/
- [-dən]
- [-dn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to herunterladen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is herunterladen in German?
herunterladen appears 3.5 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).