Polyglot Dictionary

Bestandteil

/bəˈʃtantˌtaɪl/

der noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Bestandteile

Meaning

  1. component, part

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

bauteil

Bauteil is more specifically a construction or mechanical component; Bestandteil is more general, any component or part of a whole, including abstract ones.

Similar in other languages

English

element

element is the English word for the same thing — both mean "component, part, element."

Practice

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