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teil

part

adverb TYL Common
Grammar & Structure Particles

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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