inmitten

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German enmitten, enmittent, from Old High German in mitten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈmɪtn̩/
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Preposition

inmitten (governs the genitive)

  1. amid

Adjective

inmitten (indeclinable, predicative only)

  1. in the middle
    • 2001, Tonio Walter, “§ 298 StGB und die Lehre von den Deliktstypen”, in Goltdammer's Archiv für Strafrecht, pages 134–135:
      So ist beim Diebstahl zwar eine Sache inmitten, doch wird nicht deren körperliche Unversehrtheit, sondern die Verfügungsmöglichkeit des Berechtigten verletzt.
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