Short answer: Datei takes the article die (die Datei). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “file” in English.
Datei: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- File
- Topic
- Technology and media
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Datei take die?
Nouns ending in -ei usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 15 of 16 such words take die (93%).
See the article rules →Datei in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Datei |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Datei |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Datei |
