die Datei
Meaning in English: file (computer)
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Ich schicke dir die Datei per E-Mail.
I'll send you the file by email.
Der, die or das?
Datei is feminine: die Datei. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -ei are die in 5 of 5 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
Forms of Datei in the top 5,000
These forms of Datei are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:
Kannst du mir die Dateien per E-Mail schicken?
Can you send me the files by email?
How common is Datei?
Datei is number 4,080 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 20 times per million words — about once every 49,000 words. Its most frequent form is Dateien (#3,359).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,076geäußertexpressed, voiced
- 4,077der Empfängerrecipient, receiver
- 4,078getretenkicked, stepped
- 4,079ökologischenecological, organic
- 4,080die Dateifile (computer)
- 4,081denkbarconceivable, possible
- 4,082der Spiegelmirror
- 4,083das Schiffship
- 4,084die Jahrgangsstufeyear, grade (at school)
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,080
- The most common German nouns#1,766
- German A2 vocabulary#844
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#566
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.