middle

middle
mid·dle [ʼmɪdl̩] n
1) (centre) Mitte f; of fruit, nuts Innere[s] nt (centre part) of book, film, story Mittelteil m;
the \middle of the earth das Erdinnere
2) (in time, space) 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, mitten im Nirgendwo;
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;
(busy with)
to be in the \middle of eating/cooking/writing a letter mitten dabei sein zu essen/kochen/einen Brief zu schreiben;
to be in the \middle of an argument/a project mitten in einer Diskussion/einem Projekt sein
3) (fam: waist) Taille f;
to be large/small around the \middle breit/schmal um die Taille sein;
(belly) Bauch m
4) (between things) Mitte f;
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 adj
attr, inv mittlere(r, s)
PHRASES:
to steer the \middle course;
to take the \middle path [or way] den Mittelweg gehen [o wählen]

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