Part

See also: Appendix:Variations of "part"

German

Etymology

From Middle High German part f (“share, part, party”), from Old French part, from Latin pars.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /part/, [paʁt], [paɐ̯t], [paːt]
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Noun

Part m (strong, genitive Partes or Parts, plural Parte or Parts)

  1. part; role (that which an actor, singer, or other artist contributes to a performance)
  2. (obsolete) part; share; piece (fraction of a whole)
    Synonyms: Teil, Anteil, Stück
  3. (obsolete, law) party in a lawsuit
    Synonym: Partei

Usage notes
  • The sense “part of a whole” still exists in the word Gegenpart, an elevated synonym of Gegenstück (“counterpart”).

Declension
Declension of Part [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Part die Parte, Parts
genitive eines des Partes, Parts der Parte, Parts
dative einem dem Part, Parte1 den Parten, Parts
accusative einen den Part die Parte, Parts

1Now rare, see notes.

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