midd

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German müede, from Old High German muodi. Cognate with German müde, Dutch moede, Icelandic móður.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mit/

  Rhymes: -it

Adjective

midd (masculine midden, neuter midd, comparative méi midd, superlative am middsten)

1. tired

Declension

declension of midd

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass midd	si ass midd	et ass midd	si si(nn) midd
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	midden	midd	midd	midd
	independent without determiner			middes	midder
dative	after any declined word	midden	midder	midden	midden
	as first declined word	middem		middem

Derived terms

• Middegkeet

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *midi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /midd/, [mid]

Adjective

midd (superlative midmest or midemest)

1. middle
   • translation of "Alexander the Great's Letter to Aristotle"

     Sēo burg wæs on midre þǣre ēa on ānum īeġlande ġetimbrod.

     The town was built on an island in the middle of the river.

   • c. 900, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Wē wǣron on midre þǣre sǣ.

     We were in the middle of the sea.

   • c. 897, Alfred the Great, translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care

     Sē þe Godes þeġn sīe, gā hider tō mē and dō his sweord tō his hype, and gāþ fam ġeate tō ġeate þurh midde þā ċeastre, and ofslēa ǣlċ mann his brōðor and his frēond and his nīehstan.

     Whoever is a servant of God, shall come here to me and put his sword at his hip, and they will go from gate to gate through the middle of the camp, and each man shall slay his brother and his friend and his neighbor. (Quoting Moses from Exodus 32:27)

Declension

Declension of midd — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	midd	midd	midd
Accusative	midne	midde	midd
Genitive	middes	midre	middes
Dative	middum	midre	middum
Instrumental	midde	midre	midde
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	midde	midda, midde	midd
Accusative	midde	midda, midde	midd
Genitive	midra	midra	midra
Dative	middum	middum	middum
Instrumental	middum	middum	middum

Declension of midd — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	midda	midde	midde
Accusative	middan	middan	midde
Genitive	middan	middan	middan
Dative	middan	middan	middan
Instrumental	middan	middan	middan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	middan	middan	middan
Accusative	middan	middan	middan
Genitive	midra, middena	midra, middena	midra, middena
Dative	middum	middum	middum
Instrumental	middum	middum	middum

Related terms

• middel

Descendants

• Middle English: mid, midde
  • English: mid