De or het file?

The correct Dutch article is:

de file

  • English: traffic jam, queue, file
  • Plural: de files
  • Diminutive: het filetje
Meaning (Dutch) 1. (verkeer) lange rij met stilstaande of langzaam voortbewegende voertuigen of personen 2. (informatica) bestand op de computer

How to use file

the traffic jamde file
this traffic jamdeze file
that traffic jamdie file
our traffic jamonze file
your traffic jamjouw file
every traffic jamelke file
which traffic jam?welke file?
a big traffic jam / the big traffic jameen grote file, de grote file
the traffic jam (plural)de files, deze files

Example sentences with file

  • Er was een file. “There was a traffic jam.”
  • De file duurde een uur. “The traffic jam lasted one hour.”
  • Ik stond vast in de file. “I was caught in a traffic jam.”

Meaning, plural, diminutive, pronunciation and translations: WikiWoordenboek (Dutch Wiktionary) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).