Elternteil
German, noun/ˈɛltɐnˌtaɪ̯l/
Elternteil is spelled E-L-T-E-R-N-T-E-I-L (10 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 16,945th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elternteil is a German masculine noun meaning “parent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vorfahr ersten Grades (Vater oder Mutter)”.
What does Elternteil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparent
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vorfahr ersten Grades (Vater oder Mutter)
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 Elternteil
- Elternteiles genitive
- Elternteils genitive
- Elternteile plural
- Elternteilen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Elternteil?
- /ˈɛltɐnˌtaɪ̯l/
- [ˈɛltɐnˌtaɪ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Elternteil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Elternteil in German?
Elternteil appears 3.2 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).