middel

From Dutch middel.

middel (plural middele)

1. means

middel (plural middels)

1. remedy, cure
2. middle, waist

From Middle Low German middel, from Old Saxon middil, from Proto-Germanic *midlą. The noun is derived from the adjective.

• IPA^(key): /midəl/,

middel n (singular definite midlet or middelet, plural indefinite midler)

1. means
2. remedy

Used in plural the meaning may be money, funds, means or measures; see midler.

• beskyttelsesmiddel

middel (neuter middel, plural and definite singular attributive middel)

1. medium, average

From Middle Dutch middel, from Old Dutch middil, from Proto-Germanic *midil-, *midlą, *midilą, *medalą (“middle”). Cognate with English middle and German Mittel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪ.dəl/

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• Hyphenation: mid‧del
• Rhymes: -ɪdəl
• Homophone: Middel

middel n (plural middelen, diminutive middeltje n)

1. means

   Een pincet is het middel bij uitstek om een splinter te verwijderen.

   Tweezers are the appropriate means to remove a splinter.

2. medicine, cure

   Aspirine is ondertussen een middeltje tegen alles.

   By now, aspirin is a cure for everything.

• instrument
• werktuig

• Afrikaans: middel
• Negerhollands: midlen

middel n or m (plural middels, diminutive middeltje n)

1. waist

   De jurk zit strak om haar middel.

   The dress fits nicely around her waist.

• Afrikaans: middel
• Negerhollands: middel

• medil, midel, midle, myddil, myddel, myddyl

From Old English middel, from Proto-Germanic *midilą, a form of *midlą.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmidəl/, /ˈmɛdəl/

middel (plural middeles)

1. 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 a sea of glass, like a crystal. And in the middle of the throne and all around it, four beasts covered in eyes on the front and back.

2. The midst of something.
3. The middle period or part of something.
4. The intermediate, middle-ranking (member of a group).
5. A half of something.

• English: middle
• Scots: middil, midle
• Yola: mithel, methel

• “middel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.

middel (plural and weak singular middle, comparative middelre, superlative middelest)

1. In the middle; the middle.
2. The intermediate, middle-ranking (of a group).
3. Intermediate, middle-ranking.
4. Half, halfway; in the midpoint of a group.

• English: middle
• Scots: middil, midle

• “middel, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.

middel

1. In the middle

From Middle Low German middel.

middel n (definite singular middelet or midlet, indefinite plural middel or midler, definite plural midla or midlene)

1. a means (action or system by which a result is achieved)

• “middel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle Low German middel.

middel n (definite singular middelet, indefinite plural middel, definite plural midla)

1. a means (as above)

• “middel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *midlą, *midilą, *medalą (“middle”), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *midjō (“middle, midst”) (compare *midjaz (“mid, middle”, adjective)), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”).

superlative (comparative midlest)

1. middle, in the middle

middel m

1. middle, center

• Middle English: middel, medil, midel, midle, myddil, myddel, myddyl
  • English: middle
  • Scots: middil, midle
  • Yola: mithel, methel