# middel
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch middel.

### Noun

middel (plural middele)
* means

### Noun

middel (plural middels)
* remedy, cure
* middle, waist

## Danish
### Etymology

From Middle Low German middel, from Old Saxon middil, from Proto-Germanic *midlą. The noun is derived from the adjective.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /midəl/, [ˈmiðˀəl]

### Noun

middel n (singular definite midlet or middelet, plural indefinite midler)
* means
* remedy

#### Usage notes

Used in plural the meaning may be money, funds, means or measures; see midler.

#### Derived terms

* beskyttelsesmiddel

### Adjective

middel (neuter middel, plural and definite singular attributive middel)
* medium, average

## Dutch
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɪ.dəl/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mid‧del
* Rhymes: -ɪdəl
* Homophone: Middel

### Noun

middel n (plural middelen, diminutive middeltje n)
* 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.
* medicine, cure
    Synonym: medicijn
    Aspirine is ondertussen een middeltje tegen alles.By now, aspirin is a cure for everything.

#### Derived terms

* betaalmiddel
* betalingsmiddel
* door middel van
* genotmiddel
* genotsmiddel
* glijmiddel
* het doel heiligt de middelen
* huismiddel
* hulpmiddel
* lapmiddel
* levensmiddel
* middel-
* middels
* middelst
* onmiddellijk
* paardenmiddel
* redmiddel
* reinigingsmiddel
* schoonmaakmiddel
* slaapmiddel
* verdovingsmiddel
* vervoersmiddel
* wasmiddel
* wondermiddel

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: middel
* Negerhollands: midlen

### Noun

middel n or m (plural middels, diminutive middeltje n)
* waist
    De jurk zit strak om haar middel.The dress fits nicely around her waist.

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: middel
* Negerhollands: middel

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* medil, midel, midle, myddil, myddel, myddyl

### Etymology

From Old English middel, from Proto-Germanic *midilą, a form of *midlą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmidəl/, /ˈmɛdəl/

### Noun

middel (plural middeles)
* The middle or centre of something.
** c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, 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 ⁊ bihyndeAnd 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.
* The midst of something.
* The middle period or part of something.
* The intermediate, middle-ranking (member of a group).
* A half of something.

#### Descendants

* English: middle
* Scots: middil, midle
* Yola: mithel, methel

#### References

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

### Adjective

middel (plural and weak singular middle, comparative middelre, superlative middelest)
* In the middle; the middle.
* The intermediate, middle-ranking (of a group).
* Intermediate, middle-ranking.
* Half, halfway; in the midpoint of a group.

#### Descendants

* English: middle
* Scots: middil, midle

#### References

* “middel, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.

### Preposition

middel
* In the middle

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Middle Low German middel.

### Noun

middel n (definite singular middelet or midlet, indefinite plural middel or midler, definite plural midla or midlene)
* a means (action or system by which a result is achieved)

#### Derived terms

* avføringsmiddel
* betalingsmiddel
* bindemiddel
* blekemiddel, bleikemiddel
* botemiddel
* desinfeksjonsmiddel
* insektmiddel
* konserveringsmiddel
* legemiddel
* løsemiddel
* næringsmiddel
* oppvaskmiddel
* poleringsmiddel
* rengjøringsmiddel
* rusmiddel
* smøremiddel
* transportmiddel
* vaskemiddel
* virkemiddel

### References

* “middel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Middle Low German middel.

### Noun

middel n (definite singular middelet, indefinite plural middel, definite plural midla)
* a means (as above)

#### Derived terms

* avføringsmiddel
* betalingsmiddel
* bindemiddel
* bleikemiddel, bleikjemiddel
* botemiddel
* desinfeksjonsmiddel
* insektmiddel
* konserveringsmiddel
* legemiddel
* næringsmiddel
* oppvaskmiddel
* poleringsmiddel
* rusmiddel
* transportmiddel
* vaskemiddel

### References

* “middel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Etymology

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”).

### Adjective

superlative (comparative midlest)
* middle, in the middle

#### Declension
### Noun

middel m
* middle, center

#### Descendants

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