File

See also: file

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

File (plural Files)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, File is the 16881st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1688 individuals. File is most common among White (91.05%) individuals.

Anagrams

Albanian

Proper noun

File f

  1. a female given name

German

Etymology

    Borrowed from English file.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /faɪ̯l/
    • Homophones: feil (general), Pfeil (northern and central Germany)

    Noun

    File n or (rare) m (strong, genitive Files, plural Files)

    1. (computing, slang, else uncommon) file
      Synonym: (normal word) Datei

    Declension

    Declension of File [neuter // masculine, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein das, der File die Files
    genitive eines des Files der Files
    dative einem dem File den Files
    accusative ein, einen das, den File die Files

    Further reading

    • “File”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
    • “File” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • “File” in Duden online
    • File on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de