Mittelalter

Meaning

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

Concepts

Middle Ages

mediaeval times

Medieval times

Synonyms

MA

Translations

Edad Media

Medioevo

Moyen Âge

Μεσαίωνας

Middeleeuwen

edat mitjana

Medium Aevum

Idade Média

medievo

Edat Mejana

medioevo

Orta Çağ

عصور وسطى

القرون الوسطى

Etymology

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.

Sentences

Diese Tradition versiegt jedoch im späten Mittelalter .

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