Mitglieder

Mitglieder is the plural form of the German noun Mitglied and refers to people who belong to a group, organization, club, committee, party, team, or institution. In everyday and formal German, a Mitglied is someone who holds membership in a specific entity, and die Mitglieder denotes the individuals who make up that group. The term is common in official documents, membership lists, and organizational communications. Related concepts include Mitgliedschaft, which denotes the status or condition of belonging, and verbs such as Mitglied werden (to become a member) and ein Mitglied aufnehmen (to admit a member).

While Mitglied primarily denotes people in a group, the word can have a broader sense of a joined part within a larger whole. However, in anatomical contexts the standard terms for a body part are Glied or Gliedmaß, and use of Mitglied to mean a limb is rare or archaic. In modern usage, die Mitglieder almost always refers to people rather than body parts.

Grammatical notes: das Mitglied is neuter, and die Mitglieder is the nominative plural; possessive forms follow standard German declension (e.g., eines Mitglieds, einem Mitglied). Common collocations include die Mitgliederzahl (the number of members) and die Mitgliedschaft (membership as a concept).

Examples: Die Mitglieder des Vereins wählten den Vorstand. Die Mitgliederzahl des Vereins ist gestiegen. Sie ist seit zwei Jahren Mitglied des Clubs. These patterns illustrate typical organizational contexts in which the term appears.