medel

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See also: Medel and medel-

Slovene[edit]

Participle[edit]

mẹ̄dəł

  1. 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

  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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?
  5. 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

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