Tele
German, noun[ˌte.le-]
Tele is spelled T-E-L-E (4 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 25,938th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tele is a German neuter noun meaning “clipping of Teleobjektiv (“telephoto lens”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kurzwort für Teleobjektiv”.
What does Tele mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalneuterclipping of Teleobjektiv (“telephoto lens”)
prefix
- 1
tele-
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. fern, weit 2. Fernsehen, Fernseh-
prefix: 1. Ende, Ziel
noun: 1. Kurzwort für Teleobjektiv
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 Tele
- Teles genitive
- Telen dative definite plural
- tel- variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tele?
- [ˌte.le-]
- /ˈteːlə/
- [tele]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Tele in German?
Tele appears 1.8 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).