German word

Festplatte

Pronunciation

IPA/ˈfɛstˌplatə/

Meaning

  • feminine nounhard drive

Example

Meine Festplatte ist voll.

My hard drive is full.

Illustration for Festplatte (hard drive)

More examples

Ich musste die Festplatte formatieren, weil das Dateisystem beschädigt war.

I had to format the hard drive because the file system was corrupted.

Core concept

A computer's enclosed drive stores files on a rigid disk that spins inside its housing.

Common phrases

  • Daten auf der Festplatte speichern

    save data on the hard drive

  • externe Festplatte anschließen

    connect an external hard drive

  • die Festplatte formatieren

    format the hard drive

Similar words

SSD: A storage drive saves data on solid-state memory without moving parts.
HDD: A drive stores data on a spinning magnetic disk.
Speicher: Space or capacity available for storing files and data.
USB-Stick: A small portable flash-memory device for storing and transferring files.

Definition in German

ein traditionelles magnetisches Laufwerk (HDD), das mit rotierenden Scheiben große Datenmengen speichert

Word origin

Festplatte combines fest, meaning 'fixed', with Platte, meaning 'plate' or 'disk', and originally contrasted a fixed disk with removable media.

Usage tips

  • Festplatte is feminine: die Festplatte, auf der Festplatte, and the plural die Festplatten.

Other meanings

  • disk drivenoun

Opposites

  • Cloud-Speichercloud storagenoun

Related words

  • Festplattenlaufwerkhard disk drivenoun
  • Festplattenpartitionhard disk partitionnoun

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