Teil
German, noun
Teil is spelled T-E-I-L (4 letters) and appears 389 times per million words in written German, the 236th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Teil is a German masculine noun meaning “part, piece (of a whole, often in relation to living things or an abstract concept)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, teil is a different word: “singular imperative of teilen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Element, Stück oder Teilmenge eines Ganzen”.
What does Teil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepart, piece (of a whole, often in relation to living things or an abstract concept)
zum großen Teil
- 2
masculinefraction of a whole
Ein großer Teil der Wähler:innen haben für die Partei gestimmt.
noun
- 1
neuterpart, piece (a physical object which is used in a greater one, often in relation to inanimate objects)
- 2
colloquialneuterthing (any object, not limited to those which are part of a greater object)
- 3
colloquialneuterpiece of clothing
- 4
neuterslangthing (penis)
verb
- 1
singular imperative of teilen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Element, Stück oder Teilmenge eines Ganzen 2. ein Kleidungsstück 3. ein beliebiger Gegenstand
noun: 1. ein Element, Stück des Ganzen 2. ein Element im Größenverhältnis zum Ganzen 3. einige davon
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 Teil
- Teiles genitive
- Teils genitive
- Teile plural
- Teilen dative definite plural
- Theil alternative obsolete
- Teilchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Teil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Teil in German?
Teil appears 389 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).