Polyglot Dictionary

Update

/ˈapdeɪ̯t/

das noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Updates

Meaning

  1. update

    • Das Update dauert zehn Minuten.

      The update takes ten minutes.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Aktualisierung

Aktualisierung is the native German word for an update; Update is the English loanword, very common especially in tech contexts and slightly more casual.

Similar in other languages

French

mise à jour

mise à jour is the French word for the same thing — both mean "update."

Practice

1 What does Update mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ___ dauert zehn Minuten.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Update?

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