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The file is too big for the email.
Die Datei ist zu groß für die E-Mail. The file is too big for the email.

noun · A2

die Datei

[daˈtaɪ̯]

file

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Grammar

Plural
die Dateien In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? die Datei die Dateien
Die Datei ist zu groß für die E-Mail. The file is too big for the email.
Accusative wen? was? die Datei die Dateien
Dative wem? der Datei den Dateien
Genitive wessen? der Datei der Dateien

How the Word Is Built

Dat root ei suffix

-ei
a place or an activity, feminine: die Bäckerei (bakery).

Word family

die Datendie Datenbank

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