Mittel
See also: mittel
German
Etymology
From Middle High German mittel, from Old High German mittil (akin to Old Saxon middil), from Proto-Germanic *midlą, *midilą, *medalą (“middle”), *midil-. Compare Dutch middel, English middle. See also Mitte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪtəl/, [ˈmɪtl̩]
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Noun
Mittel n (genitive Mittels, plural Mittel)
- agent, appliance
- means
- 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 31/2010, page 56:
- Die Aufgabe eines Verteidigers besteht darin, für seine Mandanten mit allen Mitteln des Rechtsstaats zu kämpfen.
- The duty of a defense lawyer consists of fighting for his clients with all constitutional means.
- Die Aufgabe eines Verteidigers besteht darin, für seine Mandanten mit allen Mitteln des Rechtsstaats zu kämpfen.
- 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 31/2010, page 56:
- medicament, remedy
- (only plural) funds, capital
- median
- (uncountable, printing, dated) 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.
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