Part
See also: Appendix:Variations of "part"
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German part f (“share, part, party”), from Old French part, from Latin pars.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Part m (strong, genitive Partes or Parts, plural Parte or Parts)
- part; role (that which an actor, singer, or other artist contributes to a performance)
- (obsolete) part; share; piece (fraction of a whole)
- (obsolete, law) party in a lawsuit
- Synonym: Partei
Usage notes edit
- The sense “part of a whole” still exists in the word Gegenpart, an elevated synonym of Gegenstück (“counterpart”).