De or het file?
de file
traffic jam
/fɑi̯l/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de file
- Plural (meervoud)
- de files
- Diminutive
- het filetje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de file is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de files whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het filetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze file | deze files |
| that, those | die file | die files |
| which (the … that) | de file die … | de files die … |
| our | onze file | onze files |
Meaning in English
- traffic jam
- file (an aggregation of data on a storage device identified by a name)
- queue
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