mittel
See also: Mittel
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Mittel (“14-point type”)
Noun
mittel (uncountable)
German
Etymology
See Mittel (“median”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
mittel (comparative mittlerer, superlative am mittelsten)
- (attributive, now archaic in the positive, see usage notes) middle, in the middle
- in mitt(e)ler Nacht, in mitteler Zeit, zum mittlen (Segen-)Tau
- (informal, predicative, invariable) average, middling
- Wie ist die Klassenarbeit gelaufen? Na ja, so mittel.
Usage notes
The positive form mittel has largely fallen out of usage in modern German, occurring mostly in compound terms such as Mittelalter, Mittelpunkt, Mittelhochdeutsch, et cetera. The superlative is also uncommon. Mittlerer, which originated as the comparative form, is now used in places where one would expect the positive form.
Declension
- compare the declension of mittlerer
- or with the e elided
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Derived terms
- mittelalt
- Mittelalter
- Mittelbetrieb
- mittelblau
- Mitteldeutschland
- mitteldick
- Mittelding
- mittelfein
- Mittelfinger
- Mittelgebirge
- Mittelglied
- mittelgrau
- mittelgroß
- Mittelhochdeutsch
- Mittelmaß
- Mittelmeer
- Mittelohr
- mittelprächtig
- Mittelpunkt
- Mittelsilbe
- Mittelstadt
- Mittelstand
- Mittelweg
- Mittelwelle
- Mittelwert
- Mittelwort
- Mittelzentrum
- Mittelziffer
- mittlerweile