midd
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German müede, from Old High German muodi. Cognate with German müde, Dutch moede, Icelandic móður.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
midd (masculine midden, neuter midd, comparative méi midd, superlative am middsten)
Declension edit
declension of midd
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass midd | si ass midd | et ass midd | si si(nn) midd | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | midden | midd | midd | midd |
independent without determiner | middes | midder | |||
dative | after any declined word | midden | midder | midden | midden |
as first declined word | middem | middem |
Derived terms edit
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *midi.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
midd (superlative midmest or midemest)
- middle
- translation of "Alexander the Great's Letter to Aristotle"
- Sēo burg wæs on midre þǣre ēa on ānum īeġlande ġetimbrod.
- The town was built on an island in the middle of the river.
- c. 900, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
- Wē wǣron on midre þǣre sǣ.
- We were in the middle of the sea.
- c. 897, Alfred the Great, translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
- Sē þe Godes þeġn sīe, gā hider tō mē and dō his sweord tō his hype, and gāþ fam ġeate tō ġeate þurh midde þā ċeastre, and ofslēa ǣlċ mann his brōðor and his frēond and his nīehstan.
- Whoever is a servant of God, shall come here to me and put his sword at his hip, and they will go from gate to gate through the middle of the camp, and each man shall slay his brother and his friend and his neighbor. (Quoting Moses from Exodus 32:27)
- translation of "Alexander the Great's Letter to Aristotle"
Declension edit
Declension of midd — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | midd | midd | midd |
Accusative | midne | midde | midd |
Genitive | middes | midre | middes |
Dative | middum | midre | middum |
Instrumental | midde | midre | midde |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | midde | midda, midde | midd |
Accusative | midde | midda, midde | midd |
Genitive | midra | midra | midra |
Dative | middum | middum | middum |
Instrumental | middum | middum | middum |
Declension of midd — Weak