noun
folder, binder
B1
Meaning: folder, binder — a cover or ring binder for holding papers; can mean office folder or computer folder in context. Gender in German: der Ordner. Plural: Ordner (same as singular). Genitive singular: des Ordners. Regular declension but plural unchanged, common in office contexts.
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Der blaue Ordner enthält alle Rechnungen.
The blue binder contains all the invoices.
Die Berichte wurden in einem Ordner abgelegt, den die Mitarbeiter am Abend ins Archiv gelegt hatten.
The reports were filed in a folder that the employees had placed in the archive in the evening.
Für meine Übungen im Deutschkurs habe ich mir einen Ordner gekauft.
I bought a folder for my exercises in the German course.
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Imagine a ring binder with a big label reading 'Ordner' on the spine.
Sounds like English 'order' — think of an ordered set of papers in a folder.
Der = male: picture a male office worker (wearing a tie) always holding the Ordner.
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Common in office and school contexts. Plural is identical to the singular (die Ordner).