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English

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Etymology

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From German Mittel (14-point type).

Noun

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mittel (uncountable)

  1. (printing, German contexts, dated) Synonym of English.

German

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Etymology

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See Mittel (median)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪtəl/, [ˈmɪtəl], [ˈmɪtl̩]
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Adjective

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mittel (strong nominative masculine singular (dated) mitteler or mittler, comparative mittler, superlative am mittelsten)

  1. (relational, now archaic in the positive, see usage notes) middle, in the middle
    in mitt(e)ler Nacht, in mitteler Zeit, zum mittlen (Segen-)Tau
  2. (informal, predicative, invariable) average, middling
    Wie ist die Klassenarbeit gelaufen? Na ja, so mittel.
    How did the class work go? Well, so "average".
  3. (phonetics) mid
    mittlerer Vokalmid vowel

Usage notes

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The positive form mittel has largely fallen out of usage in modern German, occurring mostly in compound terms such as Mittelalter, Mittelpunkt, Mittelhochdeutsch. 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

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Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • mittel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • mittel” in Duden online
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