Bestandteil
German, noun[bəˈʃtantˌtaɪ̯l]
Bestandteil is spelled B-E-S-T-A-N-D-T-E-I-L (11 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written German, the 3,888th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bestandteil is a German masculine noun meaning “component, element” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Teil eines Objektes oder eines kompletten Ganzen”.
What does Bestandteil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecomponent, element
- 2
masculineingredient
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Teil eines Objektes oder eines kompletten Ganzen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Bestandteil
- Bestandteiles genitive
- Bestandteils genitive
- Bestandteile plural
- Bestandteilen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bestandteil?
- [bəˈʃtantˌtaɪ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bestandteil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bestandteil in German?
Bestandteil appears 20 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).