middel

From Dutch middel.

middel (plural middele)

1. means

middel (plural middels)

1. remedy, cure
2. middle, waist

From Middle Low German middel. 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.

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): /ˈmɪdəl/

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• Hyphenation: mid‧del

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, aspirine is a cure for everything.

• instrument
• werktuig

• Afrikaans: middel

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

• 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.

   • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Apocalips 4:6”, in Wycliffe's Bible:

     And bifor the ſeete as a ſee of glas, lijk a cryſtal, and in the myddil of the ſeete, and in the cumpas of the ſeete, foure beeſtis ful of iȝen bifore and bihynde.

     And before the throne, it was like a sea of glass and like a crystal, and in the middle of and around the throne, [there were] four beasts having eyes on their 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

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

middel (inflected form 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.