"Mittelalter" meaning in German

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Noun

Audio: De-Mittelalter.ogg Forms: Mittelalters [genitive], neuter strong [table-tags], Mittelalter [nominative, singular], Mittelalters [genitive, singular], Mittelalter [dative, singular], Mittelalter [accusative, singular]
Etymology: From mittel + Alter. Originally used in the sense of "middle age (of life)". The sense of "Middle Ages" is a loan translation of Latin medium aevum. Etymology templates: {{compound|de|mittel|Alter}} mittel + Alter, {{der|de|la|medium}} Latin medium, {{m|la|aevum}} aevum Head templates: {{de-noun|n.sg}} Mittelalter n (strong, genitive Mittelalters, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n.sg}}
  1. Middle Ages Tags: neuter, no-plural, strong
    Sense id: en-Mittelalter-de-noun-MxVwjcLr Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 66 32 2
  2. (rare) middle age Tags: neuter, no-plural, rare, strong Synonyms: mittleres Alter
    Sense id: en-Mittelalter-de-noun-KCgb8RIG
  3. (colloquial) Middle-aged person or persons. Tags: colloquial, neuter, no-plural, strong
    Sense id: en-Mittelalter-de-noun-TnCe2dbB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: finsteres Mittelalter [neuter], mittelalterig, mittelalterlich Related terms: Zeitalter

Inflected forms

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