Feile

See also: feile and féile

German

Etymology

From Middle High German fīle, fīhel, from Old High German fīla, fī(h)ila, fīhala, from Proto-West Germanic *fį̄hlu, from Proto-Germanic *finhlō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪ̯lə/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪ̯lə
• Homophone: Pfeile (regional)

Noun

Feile f (genitive Feile, plural Feilen)

1. file (tool)

Declension

Declension of Feile [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Feile	die	Feilen
genitive	einer	der	Feile	der	Feilen
dative	einer	der	Feile	den	Feilen
accusative	eine	die	Feile	die	Feilen

Derived terms

• Nagelfeile

Related terms

• feilen

Further reading

• “Feile” in Duden online
• “Feile” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache