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GERMAN VERB

herunterladen

to download

  • #278 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: heruntergeladen

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 herunterladen

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

  1. Present

    Ich lade gerade den Film herunter.

    I'm downloading the movie right now.

  2. Simple past

    Sie lud die Karte vor der Reise herunter.

    She downloaded the map before the trip.

  3. Perfect

    Hast du die neue Version heruntergeladen?

    Have you downloaded the new version?

  4. Future

    Wir werden die Fotos später herunterladen.

    We'll download the photos later.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde diese App nicht herunterladen.

    I wouldn't download this app.

  6. Imperative

    Lade dir die Fahrkarte aufs Handy herunter.

    Download the ticket onto your phone.

Good to know

  • In everyday speech people often say runterladen: ich lade die App runter.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.