teils
German, adverb
teils is spelled T-E-I-L-S (5 letters) and appears 44 times per million words in written German, the 1,929th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Teils is a German adverb meaning “partly, partially” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Teils is a different word: “genitive singular of Teil”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht alles zusammen betreffend, sondern nur einen Teil”.
What does teils mean in English?
adverb
- 1
partly, partially
noun
- 1
genitive singular of Teil
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. nicht alles zusammen betreffend, sondern nur einen Teil
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 teils
- theils obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to teils
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is teils in German?
teils appears 44 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).