middel
Afrikaans
editEtymology
editNoun
editmiddel (plural middele)
Noun
editmiddel (plural middels)
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German middel, from Old Saxon middil, from Proto-Germanic *midlą. The noun is derived from the adjective.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmiddel n (singular definite midlet or middelet, plural indefinite midler)
Usage notes
editUsed in plural the meaning may be money, funds, means or measures; see midler.
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editmiddel (neuter middel, plural and definite singular attributive middel)
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch middel, from Old Dutch middil, from Proto-Germanic *midil-, *midlą, *midilą, *medalą (“middle”). Cognate with English middle and German Mittel.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmiddel n (plural middelen, diminutive middeltje n)
- means
- Een pincet is het middel bij uitstek om een splinter te verwijderen.
- Tweezers are the appropriate means to remove a splinter.
- medicine, cure
- Aspirine is ondertussen een middeltje tegen alles.
- By now, aspirin is a cure for everything.
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editNoun
editmiddel n or m (plural middels, diminutive middeltje n)
- waist
- De jurk zit strak om haar middel.
- The dress fits nicely around her waist.
Descendants
editMiddle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English middel, from Proto-Germanic *midilą, a form of *midlą.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmiddel (plural middeles)
- 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.
- The midst of something.
- The middle period or part of something.
- The intermediate, middle-ranking (member of a group).
- A half of something.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “middel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.
Adjective
editmiddel (plural and weak singular middle, comparative middelre, superlative middelest)
- In the middle; the middle.
- The intermediate, middle-ranking (of a group).
- Intermediate, middle-ranking.
- Half, halfway; in the midpoint of a group.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “middel, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.
Preposition
editmiddel
- In the middle
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German middel.
Noun
editmiddel n (definite singular middelet or midlet, indefinite plural middel or midler, definite plural midla or midlene)
- a means (action or system by which a result is achieved)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “middel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German middel.
Noun
editmiddel n (definite singular middelet, indefinite plural middel, definite plural midla)
- a means (as above)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “middel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editsuperlative (comparative midlest)
- middle, in the middle
Declension
editNoun
editmiddel m
- middle, center
Descendants
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