No. 6,484 in German
einscannen
"To scan something (e.g., a document or image) into a digital format using a scanner."
In a sentence
Ich muss die Dokumente einscannen, um sie per E-Mail zu senden.
I need to scan the documents to send them via email.
The verb 'einscannen' here is used to describe the action of scanning documents into digital format.
Er hat alle Photos von seiner Reise eingescannt, um sie zu archivieren.
He scanned all the photos from his trip to archive them.
'Einscannen' in this context refers to the act of scanning photographs for preservation.
Sie fragte, ob ich die Rechnungen für die Buchhaltung einscannen könnte.
She asked if I could scan the invoices for accounting.
Here, 'einscannen' is applied to scanning invoices for organizational or record-keeping purposes.
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