Mitte

See also: mitte

German

Etymology

From Middle High German mitte, from Old High German mitti, from Proto-Germanic *midjǭ (“centre”), *midją.[1], from *midjaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *medʰyo-. Cognate to Old Norse miðja and Old English midde, midd (English mid).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Mitte f (genitive Mitte, plural Mitten)

  1. middle
  2. center

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References

  1. ↑ Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “Mitte”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, →ISBN

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