Verb

speichern

Translation

to save, to store, to record

Er speichert das Dokument.

He saves the document.

Die Daten werden auf der Festplatte gespeichert.

The data is stored on the hard drive.

Vergiss nicht, dein Spiel zu speichern.

Don't forget to save your game.

((sth.)) to save sth. He saves the file.

((sth.)) ((on sth.)) to save sth. on sth. He saves the file on the USB stick.

sichern (to secure/back up), aufbewahren (to keep), aufzeichnen (to record)

Derived from the noun 'der Speicher' (storehouse, memory). The original meaning is 'to put into storage'.

Think of putting something in a 'special' place to 'cherish' it, which sounds a bit like 'speichern'.