Usage Note
teil appears here mostly as the particle in separable verbs like teilnehmen ('to take part') and teilhaben, and in the phrase zum Teil ('partly'). As a standalone noun it is capitalised Teil ('part, portion'), where der Teil and das Teil carry different shades of meaning.
Examples
"Ich nehme gern daran teil."
Natural Translation
I am happy to take part in it.
Literal Translation
I take gladly in-it part.
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