Mittelchen
German, noun/ˈmɪtəlçn̩/
Mittelchen is spelled M-I-T-T-E-L-C-H-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mittelchen is a German neuter noun meaning “diminutive of Mittel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Arzneimittel, dem eine gewisse Wirksamkeit zugetraut wird und das als relativ unbedenklich gilt”.
What does Mittelchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdiminutive of Mittel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arzneimittel, dem eine gewisse Wirksamkeit zugetraut wird und das als relativ unbedenklich gilt
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 Mittelchen
- Mittelchens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mittelchen?
- /ˈmɪtəlçn̩/
- [ˈmɪtl̩çən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Mittelchen in German?
Mittelchen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).