Teil

== German == === Alternative forms === Theil (obsolete) === 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] Rhymes: -aɪ̯l === Noun === Teil m (strong, genitive Teiles or Teils, plural Teile) part, piece (of a whole, often in relation to living things or an abstract concept) zum großen Teil ― largely fraction of a whole Antonyms: Ganzes, Ganzheit, Gesamtheit 1913, Fanny zu Reventlow, Herrn Dames Aufzeichnungen, Albert Langen, page 59: ==== Declension ==== === Noun === Teil n (strong, genitive Teiles or Teils, plural Teile) part, piece (a physical object which is used in a greater one, often in relation to inanimate objects) (colloquial) thing (any object, not limited to those which are part of a greater object) (colloquial) piece of clothing (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