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/, [ˈmiðˀəl]

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, Low German Middel 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

   Synonyms: instrument, werktuig

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

   Tweezers are the appropriate means to remove a splinter.

2. medicine, cure

   Synonym: medicijn

   Aspirine is ondertussen een middeltje tegen alles.

   By now, aspirin is a cure for everything.

• 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.)‎^[1], 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.

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 20 March 2018.

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 20 March 2018.

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”).

middel (superlative midlest)

1. middle, in the middle

middel m

1. middle, center

• middeldǣl

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