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Ordner

German, noun/ˈɔʁdnɐ/

Ordner is spelled O-R-D-N-E-R (6 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written German, the 9,700th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ordner is a German masculine noun meaning “binder, folder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein großer, robuster Umschlag, in den man Blätter (meist Dokumente) einheftet”.

What does Ordner mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebinder, folder

  2. 2

    masculinefolder

noun

  1. 1

    masculineone who keeps order (security person)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ein großer, robuster Umschlag, in den man Blätter (meist Dokumente) einheftet 2. ein Ablagefach in einem Speichermedium, in dem Dateien, Dokumente und Unterordner abgelegt werden können. Ordner sind in eine Verzeichnisstruktur eingebettet 3. ordnende Person bei Massenveranstaltungen

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Ordner

  • Ordners genitive
  • Ordnern dative definite plural
  • Ordnerin feminine

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Ordner?

  • /ˈɔʁdnɐ/
  • [ˈɔʁdnɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Ordner

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Ordner in German?

Ordner appears 6.8 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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