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GERMAN VERB

downloaden

to download, Denglisch

  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: gedownloadet

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I download
  2. du you download
  3. er, sie, es he/she downloads
  4. wir we download
  5. ihr you all download
  6. sie, Sie they download

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I downloaded
  2. du you downloaded
  3. er, sie, es he/she downloaded
  4. wir we downloaded
  5. ihr you all downloaded
  6. sie, Sie they downloaded

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have downloaded
  2. du you have downloaded
  3. er, sie, es he/she has downloaded
  4. wir we have downloaded
  5. ihr you all have downloaded
  6. sie, Sie they have downloaded

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will download
  2. du you will download
  3. er, sie, es he/she will download
  4. wir we will download
  5. ihr you all will download
  6. sie, Sie they will download

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would download
  2. du you would download
  3. er, sie, es he/she would download
  4. wir we would download
  5. ihr you all would download
  6. sie, Sie they would download

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du download!
  2. ihr download! (all of you)
  3. Sie download! (formal)

How to use downloaden

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Ich downloade mir gerade die neue Version der App.

    I'm just downloading the new version of the app.

  2. Simple past

    Er downloadete den Film über Nacht.

    He downloaded the film overnight.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du die Fotos schon gedownloadet?

    Have you downloaded the photos yet?

  4. Future

    Ich werde mir die Karte vor der Reise downloaden.

    I'll download the map before the trip.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde das Programm nicht von dieser Seite downloaden.

    I wouldn't download the program from that site.

  6. Imperative

    Downloade dir die App, dann geht es schneller.

    Download the app, then it'll go faster.

Good to know

  • Herunterladen is the German word; downloaden is what many people say anyway.
  • The participle is gedownloadet or downgeloadet; both are heard.

Where you hear downloaden

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

German · Fluency Level 1

  • Ich downloade die Datei. I'm downloading the file.
  • Ich habe die Musik gedownloadet. I downloaded the music.
  • Morgen downloade ich den Rest. Tomorrow I'll download the rest.
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Denglisch

Fluency Level 1 · Sie können die Datei downloaden. · Okay. Dann downloade ich sie.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.