mittelbar

German

Etymology

Backformation from older unmittelbar, perhaps as a loan translation of Latin mediātus (unmittelbar being itself a loan translation of Latin immediātus). Analysable as Mittel (“means, medium”) +‎ -bar (“-able, -ly”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪtəlˌbaː(ɐ̯)/
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Adjective

mittelbar (strong nominative masculine singular mittelbarer, comparative mittelbarer, superlative am mittelbarsten)

  1. indirect, mediate
    Synonym: indirekt
    Antonyms: unmittelbar, direkt

Declension

Derived terms

  • Mittelbarkeit
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