mittel

From German Mittel (“14-point type”).

mittel (uncountable)

1. (printing, German contexts, dated) Synonym of English.

See Mittel (“median”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪtəl/, [ˈmɪtəl], [ˈmɪtl̩]

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mittel (strong nominative masculine singular (dated) mitteler or mittler, comparative mittler, superlative am mittelsten)

1. (relational, now archaic in the positive, see usage notes) middle, in the middle

   in mitt(e)ler Nacht, in mitteler Zeit, zum mittlen (Segen-)Tau

2. (informal, predicative, invariable) average, middling

   Wie ist die Klassenarbeit gelaufen? Na ja, so mittel.

   How did the class work go? Well, so "average".

3. (phonetics) mid

   mittlerer Vokal ― mid vowel

The positive form mittel has largely fallen out of usage in modern German, occurring mostly in compound terms such as Mittelalter, Mittelpunkt, Mittelhochdeutsch. The superlative is also uncommon. mittlerer, which originated as the comparative form, is now used in places where one would expect the positive form.

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