How to Say ‘file’ in German
die Datei
dee dah-TIE
[dee dah-TIE]
💬 Usage Tip: Feminine noun: die Datei, plural: die Dateien. Very common in digital workflows.
🇩🇪 In Germany: You might hear Datei schicken = send the file and Dateiablage = file storage in office-style production teams.
Phrase Breakdown
die
[dee]
the
definite article for feminine nouns in German
Die Datei ist zu groß für den Upload.
The file is too large for the upload.
Datei
[dah-TIE]
file
a digital file such as a video, audio, or image file
Die Datei liegt auf dem Server.
The file is on the server.
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