Polyglot Dictionary

Teil

/taɪ̯l/

der noun A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Teile

Meaning

  1. part

    Usually masculine (der Teil) for an abstract or countable part; the neuter das Teil refers to a physical component or spare part.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Komponente

Close synonyms for a part of a larger whole; Teil is the everyday word, Komponente leans more technical.

Similar in other languages

French

partie

partie is the French word for the same thing — both mean "part."

Portuguese

parte

parte is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "part."

Practice

1 What does Teil mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ein großer ___ der Klasse war krank.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Teil?

See also

nouncore-vocabulary

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