middel
Afrikaans
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German middel, from Old Saxon middil, from Proto-Germanic *midlą. The noun is derived from the adjective.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /midəl/, [ˈmiðˀəl]
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch middel, from Old Dutch middil, from Proto-Germanic *midil-, *midlą, *midilą, *medalą (“middle”). Cognate with English middle and German Mittel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪ.dəl/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: mid‧del
- Rhymes: -ɪdəl
- Homophone: Middel
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Descendants
- Afrikaans: middel
- Negerhollands: midlen
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English middel, from Proto-Germanic *midilą, a form of *midlą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmidəl/, /ˈmɛdəl/
Noun
middel (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.), 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.
References
- “middel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.
Adjective
middel (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.
References
- “middel, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German middel.
Noun
middel 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
References
- “middel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German middel.
Noun
middel n (definite singular middelet, indefinite plural middel, definite plural midla)
- a means (as above)
Derived terms
References
- “middel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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