Mittelalter

Betekenis (Engels)

Name

the Middle Ages (period of chiefly European history)

Noun

1. (figuratively, neuter, no-plural, strong) Dark Ages, an uncultured or barbaric era (from a misrepresented view with roots in Renaissance and Protestant thought)
2. (archaic, humorous, neuter, no-plural, strong) middle age (of life)
3. (broadly, collective, colloquial, derogatory, neuter, no-plural, strong) middle-aged people

Sinonieme

MA

Vertalings

Middle Ages

Edad Media

Medioevo

Moyen Âge

Μεσαίωνας

Middeleeuwen

Medium Aevum

edat mitjana

Idade Média

Orta Çağ

Edat Mejana

medioevo

medievo

عصور وسطى

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle High German mittel alter (“middle age [of life]”), at least since the 16th century also univerbated. By surface analysis, mittel- (“mid, middle”) + Alter (“age”). The historic sense dates from the 18th century and is a calque of New Latin medium aevum, from the idea that it was the interim between Antiquity and Modernity.

Sinne

Diese Tradition versiegt jedoch im späten Mittelalter .

However, this tradition dries up in the late Middle Ages.