Miete

See also: miete, mieté, and miętę

German

Etymology

From Middle High German miete, from Old High German miata, from Proto-Germanic *mēzdō, *mizdō (“meed”), from Proto-Indo-European *misdʰós, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to exchange”). Cognates include Proto-Indo-Iranian *miždʰám, Old Church Slavonic мьзда (mĭzda, “reward”) and English meed (“recompense, payment, reward”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiːtə/

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Noun

Miete f (genitive Miete, plural Mieten)

1. rent

Derived terms

• halbe Miete
• mietfrei
• Mietvertrag