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Emil sichert seine Fotos jede Woche in der Cloud. Emil backs up his photos to the cloud every week.

verb · B1

sichern

[ˈzɪçɐn]

to back up, to secure

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Synonyms
speichern

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es sichert What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es sicherte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gesichert The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich sicheresichertehabe gesichert
du sicherstsichertesthast gesichert
er/sie/es sichertsichertehat gesichert
wir sichernsichertenhaben gesichert
ihr sichertsichertethabt gesichert
sie/Sie sichernsichertenhaben gesichert
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte gesichertwerde sichernwerde gesichert haben
du hattest gesichertwirst sichernwirst gesichert haben
er/sie/es hatte gesichertwird sichernwird gesichert haben
wir hatten gesichertwerden sichernwerden gesichert haben
ihr hattet gesichertwerdet sichernwerdet gesichert haben
sie/Sie hatten gesichertwerden sichernwerden gesichert haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich sicherte
du sichertest
er/sie/es sicherte
wir sicherten
ihr sichertet
sie/Sie sicherten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde sichern.

Person Imperativ
du sichere!
ihr sichert!
Sie sichern Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

sicher root n ending

-n
the ending of the infinitive after -el or -er: wandern, sammeln.

Word family

sicherdie Sicherheitdie Sicherungdie Datensicherung

In Otti's situations: Emil's phone breaks

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