medel
Swedish
Etymology
Known from Old Swedish, same as German Mittel and English middle. The stand-alone adjective is archaic, but lives on as the superlative medelst, as a prefix medel- and many related words, e.g. emellertid.
Pronunciation
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Noun
medel n
- a means (to an end), a tool
- ändamålen helgar medlen
- the ends justify the means
- ändamålen helgar medlen
- a substance, a stuff, a medium
- Ett farligt medel som Livsmedelsverket har satt en användningsgräns för.
- A dangerous substance for which the National Food Administration has set a usage limit.
- Ett farligt medel som Livsmedelsverket har satt en användningsgräns för.
- money, capital, funding
- med egna medel
- with one's own money, by one's own means
- Ska du söka medel för din forskning?
- Will you apply for funding for your research?
- med egna medel
- a mean (an average), a centre, a middle
- i medlet av 17:e århundradet
- in the middle of the 17th century
- i medlet av 17:e århundradet
Declension
Declension of medel | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | medel | medlet | medel | medlen |
Genitive | medels | medlets | medels | medlens |
Related terms
- bemedlad
- diskmedel
- kommunikationsmedel
- läkemedel
- livsmedel
- medel-
- medelbar
- medellös
- medelvärde
- rusmedel
- sprängmedel
- stridsmedel
- tvättmedel
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