Teil

See also: teil

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

  • From Middle High German teil, from Old High German teil, from Proto-West Germanic *daili, akin to Old Saxon dēl, cognate with English deal, Dutch deel, Low German Deil, Swedish del, Norwegian Bokmål del, Norwegian Nynorsk del, Danish del. Doublet of Deal.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /taɪ̯l/, [tʰaɪ̯l], [tʰae̯l], [d̥ɛɪ̯l]
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • Rhymes: -aɪ̯l

    Noun

    Teil m (strong, genitive Teiles or Teils, plural Teile)

    1. part, piece (of a whole, often in relation to living things or an abstract concept)
      zum großen Teillargely
    2. fraction of a whole
      Antonyms: Ganzes, Ganzheit, Gesamtheit
      Ein großer Teil der Wähler:innen haben für die Partei gestimmt.
      A large chunk of the voterbase voted for the party.
      • 1913, Fanny zu Reventlow, Herrn Dames Aufzeichnungen, Albert Langen, page 59:
        Als wir kamen, stand ein großer Teil der Gesellschaft im ersten Zimmer um den Tisch versammelt.
        When we arrived, a large part of the party stood in the first room assembled around the table.

    Declension

    Noun

    Teil n (strong, genitive Teiles or Teils, plural Teile)

    1. part, piece (a physical object which is used in a greater one, often in relation to inanimate objects)
    2. (colloquial) thing (any object, not limited to those which are part of a greater object)
    3. (colloquial) piece of clothing
    4. (slang) thing (penis)

    Declension

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • Teil” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
    • Teil” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • Teil” in Duden online
    • Teil on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de