German terms under "Kind" column in Find window

Under the "Kind" column in the Find window (not Spotlight), I see the following terms: "Dokument," JPEG-Bild," "Reiner Text." These all sound German to me & I have no problem with that. Is there some special reason for using these German terms instead of English? "Bild" I know means "picture" in German. What's "Reiner Text"? Anyone know?

Hi David,
it's *.txt documents.
Anakonda

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