UrsprungKnown from Old Swedish midhel, middel, medhel, from Middle Low German middel, from Old Saxon middil, from Proto-Germanic *midlą.
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.
- neutera means (to an end)
“Ändamålet helgar medlen” — The end justifies the means
“Han skyr inga medel” — He will stop at nothing [shuns no means]
“Monstren måste bekämpas med alla tillgängliga medel” — The monsters must be fought with all available means
- neuteran agent (substance used for a specific purpose)
“diskmedel” — dish soap, washing-up liquid [diska (“do the dishes”) agent]
“tvättmedel” — detergent [wash agent]
“laxermedel” — laxative [purge agent]
- neutermoney, 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?
- neutera mean, an average, a centre, a middle
“att beräkna ett medelvärde” — to calculate a mean / average
“medelklass” — middle class
Formermedel(indefinite, nominative, singular) · medels(genitive, indefinite, singular) · medlet(definite, nominative, singular) · medlets(definite, genitive, singular) · medel(indefinite, nominative, plural) · medels(genitive, indefinite, plural) · medlen(definite, nominative, plural) · medlens(definite, genitive, plural)