Teil

• Theil (obsolete)

From Middle High German teil, Old High German teil, from Proto-West Germanic *daili, akin to Old Saxon dēl, cognate with English deal, Dutch deel, Swedish del, Norwegian Bokmål del, Norwegian Nynorsk del, Danish del. Doublet of Deal.

• IPA^(key): /taɪ̯l/, [tʰaɪ̯l], [tʰae̯l], [d̥ɛɪ̯l]

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯l

Teil m (strong, genitive Teiles or Teils, plural Teile)

1. part, piece (of a whole, often in relation to living things or an abstract concept)

   zum großen Teil. ― largely.

2. fraction of a whole

   Antonyms: Ganzes, Ganzheit, Gesamtheit

   • 1913, Fanny zu Reventlow, Herrn Dames Aufzeichnungen, Albert Langen, page 59:

     Als wir kamen, stand ein großer Teil der Gesellschaft im ersten Zimmer um den Tisch versammelt.

     When we arrived, a large part of the party stood in the first room assembled around the table.

Teil n (strong, genitive Teiles or Teils, plural Teile)

1. part, piece (a physical object which is used in a greater one, often in relation to inanimate objects)
2. (colloquial) thing (any object, not limited to those which are part of a greater object)
3. (colloquial) piece of clothing
4. (slang) penis (see U.S. slang usage of thing)

• “Teil” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Teil” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Teil” in Duden online
• Teil on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de