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I. mid·dle [ˈmɪdl̩] N

1. middle:

middle (centre)
Mitte f <-, -n>
middle of fruit, nuts
Innere[s] nt
middle (centre part) of book, film, story
Mittelteil m
the middle of the earth
das Erdinnere

2. middle (in time, space):

middle
mitten
in the middle of the road/room/table
mitten auf der Straße/im Zimmer/auf dem Tisch
in the middle of the afternoon/morning
mitten am Nachmittag/Morgen
in the middle of the night
mitten in der Nacht
in the middle of nowhere fig
am Ende der Welt
in the middle of nowhere fig
mitten im Nirgendwo [o. A, CH Nichts]
in the middle of summer/March
mitten im Sommer/März
in the middle of 1985/the century
Mitte 1985/des Jahrhunderts
to be in one's middle forties/sixties
in den Mittvierzigern/-sechzigern sein
to be in the middle of an argument/a project
mitten in einer Diskussion/einem Projekt sein
to be in the middle of eating/cooking/writing a letter (busy with)
mitten dabei sein zu essen/kochen/einen Brief zu schreiben

3. middle inf:

middle (waist)
Taille f <-, -n>
middle (belly)
Bauch m <-(e)s, Bäuche>
to be large/small around the middle
breit/schmal um die Taille sein

4. middle (between things):

middle
Mitte f <-, -n>
she parts her hair in [or down] the middle
sie trägt einen Mittelscheitel
cut the piece of cake in the middle!
schneide das Stück Kuchen in der Mitte durch!
to divide [or split] sth [right] down the middle
etw halbieren
let's split the cost right down the middle!
lass uns die Kosten teilen!
the issue of a single European currency divided the country down the middle
das Problem einer einheitlichen europäischen Währung spaltete das Land

II. mid·dle [ˈmɪdl̩] ADJ attr, inv

middle
mittlere(r, s)

Phrases:

to steer the middle course, to take the middle path, [or way]
den Mittelweg gehen [o. wählen]

mid·dle ˈage N no pl

middle age
mittleres Alter
to be of middle age
mittleren Alters sein
to have reached middle age
ein mittleres Alter erreicht haben
in middle age after n
mittleren Alters

mid·dle-ˈaged ADJ inv

middle-aged
mittleren Alters nach n

Mid·dle ˈAges N

the Middle Ages pl
das Mittelalter
to still be living in the Middle Ages fig
noch im Mittelalter leben

Mid·dle Aˈmeri·ca N

1. Middle America (sector of society):

Middle America
[konservative] amerikanische Mittelschicht

2. Middle America (Latin America):

Middle America
Mittelamerika nt
Middle America
Zentralamerika nt <-s>

3. Middle America (in USA):

Middle America
Mittelwesten m

I. Mid·dle Aˈmeri·can ADJ

Middle American
amerikanisch konservativ

II. Mid·dle Aˈmeri·can N

Middle American
konservativer Amerikaner/konservative Amerikanerin

Mid·dle ˈC N MUS

Middle C
eingestrichenes C

mid·dle ˈclass N

1. middle class (with average income):

middle class
Mittelstand m <-(e)s>
lower/upper middle class
unterer/gehobener Mittelstand

2. middle class (as a whole):

the middle class [or the middle classes]
die Mittelschicht
the middle class [or the middle classes]
der Mittelstand

mid·dle-class ADJ

middle-class
Mittelstands-
middle-class
mittelständisch
middle-class pej
spießig pej

mid·dle ˈdis·tance N

1. middle distance ART:

the middle distance
der Mittelgrund

2. middle distance SPORTS:

middle distance
Mittelstrecke f <-> kein pl
middle distance
Mittelstreckenlauf m <-(e)s, -läufe>

mid·dle ˈear N

middle ear
Mittelohr nt <-(e)s, -en>
infection of the middle ear
Mittelohrentzündung f <-, -en>