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German
Etymology
Partial calque of Low German Achterdeel. By surface analysis, achter- (“hind-”) + Teil (“part”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Achterteil n (strong, genitive Achterteils or Achterteiles, plural Achterteile)
- (Northern Germany, informal) Synonym of Hinterteil (“rear, buttocks”)
1941 July 15, Karl-Heinz L., “Handschriftliches Tagebuch”, in Die Quellen sprechen, volume 7, published 2015:Der letzte, ein alter, ziemlich krummer Jude[,] erhält noch einen Tritt in das Achterteil und landet mit Schwung im Graben. Hier und da ertönt ein rohes Lachen.- The last one, an old, rather crookbacked Jew, receives a kick in his backside and plunges into the trench. Crude laughter can be heard here and there.
Declension