Mittelbein

German

Etymology

mittel- (“middle”) +‎ Bein (“leg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪtl̩ˌbaɪ̯n/
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Noun

Mittelbein n (strong, genitive Mittelbeines or Mittelbeins, plural Mittelbeine, diminutive Mittelbeinchen n)

1. (entomology) middle leg (one of a leg in an organism that has three pairs thereof) (e.g. butterflies, bees)
2. (slang, euphemistic) middle leg (the primary sexual organ of a human male)

Declension

Declension of Mittelbein [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Mittelbein	die	Mittelbeine
genitive	eines	des	Mittelbeines, Mittelbeins	der	Mittelbeine
dative	einem	dem	Mittelbein, Mittelbeine1	den	Mittelbeinen
accusative	ein	das	Mittelbein	die	Mittelbeine

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Mittelbein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mittelbein” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon