medel

See also: Medel and medel-

Slovene edit

Participle edit

mẹ̄dəł

masculine singular l-participle of mesti

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Known from Old Swedish midhel, middel, medhel, from Middle Low German middel, from Old Saxon middil, from Proto-Germanic *midlą.

Same as German Mittel and English middle. The stand-alone adjective is archaic, but lives on as the superlative medelst, as a prefix medel- and many related words, e.g. emellertid.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

medel n

a means (to an end)
Ändamålet helgar medlen
The end justifies the means

Han skyr inga medel
He will stop at nothing ("shuns no means")

Monstren måste bekämpas med alla tillgängliga medel
The monsters must be fought with all available means
an agent (substance used for a specific purpose)
diskmedel
dish soap, washing-up liquid ("diska (“do the dishes”) agent")

tvättmedel
detergent ("wash agent")

laxermedel
laxative ("purge agent")

läkemedel
medicine/drug ("heal agent")

sötningsmedel
sweetener ("sweetening agent")

ett farligt medel som Livsmedelsverket har satt en användningsgräns för
a dangerous agent for which the National Food Administration has set a usage limit
money, capital, funding
med egna medel
with one's own money, by one's own means

Ska du söka medel för din forskning?
Will you apply for funding for your research?
a mean, an average, a centre, a middle
att beräkna ett medelvärde
to calculate a mean/average

medelklass
middle class

Declension edit

Declension of medel
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	medel	medlet	medel	medlen
Genitive	medels	medlets	medels	medlens