Einteilung

Einteilung refers to the act and result of dividing something into parts, categories, or groups in a deliberate, organized way. The word combines ein- meaning into with Teilung meaning division. In German, Einteilung is a general term used across disciplines to denote the establishment of a structured system by sorting elements into predefined units rather than leaving them unordered.

In education, Einteilung describes the grouping or streaming of students or curriculum into different classes or levels, such as by ability, age, or subject focus.

In statistics and data processing, Einteilung is used for binning or discretization, i.e., sorting continuous data into intervals or categories (for example, income into ranges or temperature into bands).

In geography, administration, or urban planning, Einteilung denotes the territorial or functional divisions of a country or city into districts, zones, or sectors.

In medicine and biology, Einteilung refers to classification or staging, such as taxonomic ranking or the clinical staging of diseases and tumors.

The term is broad and context-dependent; in some cases it implies a systematic, rule-based arrangement, while related words like Aufteilung or Zuordnung emphasize distribution or assignment.