saven
German, verb
saven is spelled S-A-V-E-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written German, the 428,887th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saven is a German verb meaning “to save” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Saven is a different word: “gerund of saven”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf einem Speichermedium abspeichern”.
What does saven mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto save
noun
- 1
neutergerund of saven
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. auf einem Speichermedium abspeichern
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 saven
- savt present singular third-person
- savet present proscribed singular
- savte past
- savete past proscribed
- gesavt participle past
- gesaved participle past
- gesavet participle past proscribed
- haben auxiliary
- savend participle present
- save first-person indicative present
- savst indicative present second-person
- savest indicative present proscribed
- savten first-person indicative plural
- saveten first-person indicative plural
- savtest indicative preterite second-person
- savetest indicative preterite proscribed
- save! imperative singular
- savt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is saven in German?
saven appears about once in every 50 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).