File

"File" in German

Akte

(collection of papers)

Datei

(collection of papers)

Datei

(computing, aggregation of data)

Dossier

(collection of papers)

Feile

(cutting or smoothing tool)

File

(computing, aggregation of data)

Hefter

(collection of papers)

Kartei

(collection of papers)

Küchenzeile

(kitchen units and countertop)

Linie

(chess: vertical line of squares)

Ordner

(collection of papers)

Reihe

(column of people)

Antrag stellen

(transitive: to commit papers)

abheften

(to archive)

abspeichern

(to store computer data)

abspeichern

(to store computer data)

archivieren

(to archive)

beanspruchen

(intransitive: to make a formal request)

beantragen

(intransitive: to make a formal request)

eingeben

(transitive: to commit papers)

einreichen

(transitive: to commit papers)

einreichen

(intransitive: to make a formal request)

einsortieren

(to archive)

feilen

(smooth with a file)

speichern

(to store computer data)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.