Mittel

German (Berlin)

/ˈmɪtəl/

noun
Definitions
  • agent, appliance
  • means
  • medicament, remedy
  • (only plural) funds, capital
  • median
  • (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.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German mittel inherited from Old High German mittil inherited from Proto-Germanic *midlą.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*midlą

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