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middel

See also: Middel and middel-

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch middel.

Noun

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middel (plural middele)

  1. means

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middel (plural middels)

  1. remedy, cure
  2. middle, waist

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German middel, from Old Saxon middil, from Proto-Germanic *midlą. The noun is derived from the adjective.

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  • IPA(key): /midəl/, [ˈmiðˀəl]

Noun

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middel n (singular definite midlet or middelet, plural indefinite midler)

  1. means
  2. remedy

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Used in plural the meaning may be money, funds, means or measures; see midler.

Inflection

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Declension of middel
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative middel midlet
middelet 		midler midlerne
genitive middels midlets
middelets 		midlers midlernes

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Adjective

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middel (neuter middel, plural and definite singular attributive middel)

  1. medium, average

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch middel, from Old Dutch middil, from Proto-Germanic *midil-, *midlą, *midilą, *medalą (“middle”). Cognate with English middle and German Mittel.

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Noun

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middel n (plural middelen, diminutive middeltje n)

  1. means
    Een pincet is het middel bij uitstek om een splinter te verwijderen.
    Tweezers are the appropriate means to remove a splinter.
  2. medicine, cure
    Aspirine is ondertussen een middeltje tegen alles.
    By now, aspirin is a cure for everything.

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  • Afrikaans: middel
  • Negerhollands: midlen

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middel n or m (plural middels, diminutive middeltje n)

  1. waist
    De jurk zit strak om haar middel.
    The dress fits nicely around her waist.

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Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old English middel, from Proto-Germanic *midilą, a form of *midlą.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmidəl/, /ˈmɛdəl/

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middel (plural middeles)

  1. The middle or centre of something.
    • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎[1], published c. 1410, 4:6, page 118v, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
      ⁊ bifoꝛe þe ſeete as a ſee of glas liyk a criſtal ¶ and in þe myddil of þe ſeete ⁊ in þe cumpas of þe ſete .· foure beeſtis ful of iȝen bifoꝛe ⁊ bihynde
      And in front of the throne [there was] a sea of glass, like a crystal. And in the middle of the throne and all around it, [there were] four beasts covered in eyes on the front and back.
  2. The midst of something.
  3. The middle period or part of something.
  4. The intermediate, middle-ranking (member of a group).
  5. A half of something.

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middel (plural and weak singular middle, comparative middelre, superlative middelest)

  1. In the middle; the middle.
  2. The intermediate, middle-ranking (of a group).
  3. Intermediate, middle-ranking.
  4. Half, halfway; in the midpoint of a group.

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Preposition

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middel

  1. In the middle

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German middel.

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middel n (definite singular middelet or midlet, indefinite plural middel or midler, definite plural midla or midlene)

  1. a means (action or system by which a result is achieved)

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German middel.

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middel n (definite singular middelet, indefinite plural middel, definite plural midla)

  1. a means (as above)

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *midlą, *midilą, *medalą (“middle”), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *midjō (“middle, midst”) (compare *midjaz (“mid, middle”, adjective)), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”).

Adjective

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superlative (comparative midlest)

  1. middle, in the middle

Declension

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Declension of middel — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative middel middelu, midlu, middelo, midlo middel
Accusative middelne middele, midle middel
Genitive middeles, midles middelre middeles, midles
Dative middelum, midlum middelre middelum, midlum
Instrumental middele, midle middelre middele, midle
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative middele, midle middela, midla, middele, midle middelu, midlu, middelo, midlo
Accusative middele, midle middela, midla, middele, midle middelu, midlu, middelo, midlo
Genitive middelra middelra middelra
Dative middelum, midlum middelum, midlum middelum, midlum
Instrumental middelum, midlum middelum, midlum middelum, midlum
Declension of middel — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative middela, midla middele, midle middele, midle
Accusative middelan, midlan middelan, midlan middele, midle
Genitive middelan, midlan middelan, midlan middelan, midlan
Dative middelan, midlan middelan, midlan middelan, midlan
Instrumental middelan, midlan middelan, midlan middelan, midlan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative middelan, midlan middelan, midlan middelan, midlan
Accusative middelan, midlan middelan, midlan middelan, midlan
Genitive middelra, middelena, midlena middelra, middelena, midlena middelra, middelena, midlena
Dative middelum, midlum middelum, midlum middelum, midlum
Instrumental middelum, midlum middelum, midlum middelum, midlum

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middel m

  1. middle, center

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