Mittelbau
German, noun[ˈmɪtəlˌbaʊ̯]
Mittelbau is spelled M-I-T-T-E-L-B-A-U (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 67,080th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mittelbau is a German masculine noun meaning “in-between part of a building or other construction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Mittelbau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinein-between part of a building or other construction
- 2
masculineanything supporting a structure at its centre
- 3
masculinemid-level academic staff, anyone employed at a university graduated but not tenured
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Mittelbau
- Mittelbaues genitive
- Mittelbaus genitive
- Mittelbaue plural
- Mittelbauen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mittelbau?
- [ˈmɪtəlˌbaʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Mittelbau in German?
Mittelbau appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).