Meaning

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

Opposite of
Ganzes, Ganzheit, Gesamtheit
Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

teil

Fribourg

Fribourg

tǜù

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

teil

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

teil

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

dail

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/taɪ̯l/
Etymology

In summary

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

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