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medial

German, adjective/medˈi̯aːl/

medial is spelled M-E-D-I-A-L (6 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written German, the 19,537th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Medial is a German adjective meaning “medial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich zur Körpermittellinie hin befindend; der Körpermittellinie nahe liegend”.

What does medial mean in English?

adjective

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    medial

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. sich zur Körpermittellinie hin befindend; der Körpermittellinie nahe liegend 2. die Medien betreffend (im Sinne von Zeitung, Fernsehen, Rundfunk) 3. ein Medium betreffend (im Sinne von übersinnliche Fähigkeiten, Gedankenleser) 4. in der Mitte gelegen

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of medial

  • medialer masculine nominative singular
  • mediale feminine nominative singular
  • mediales neuter nominative singular
  • medialen genitive masculine singular
  • medialem dative masculine singular
  • der mediale definite includes-article masculine
  • die mediale definite feminine includes-article
  • das mediale definite includes-article neuter
  • die medialen definite includes-article nominative
  • des medialen definite genitive includes-article
  • der medialen definite feminine genitive
  • dem medialen dative definite includes-article
  • den medialen dative definite includes-article
  • med. abbreviation

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce medial?

  • /medˈi̯aːl/
  • [meˈdi̯aːl]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to medial

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is medial in German?

medial appears 2.7 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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