Mittel
Meaning
- (neuter,strong) agent, appliance
- (neuter,strong) means
- (neuter,strong) medicament, remedy
- (neuter,plural,plural-only,strong) funds, capital
- (neuter,strong) median
- (dated,neuter,strong,uncountable) The middle of the 7 traditional sizes of German type, between Cicero and Tertia, standardized as 14 point and taken as roughly equivalent to "English" type.
Frequency
Gender
Neuter
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmɪtəl/
Etymology
From Middle High German mittel, from Old High German mittil (akin to Old Saxon middil), from Proto-Germanic *midlą, *midilą, *medalą (“middle”), *midil-. Compare Dutch middel, English middle. See also Mitte.
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