milde
See also: Milde
English
Adjective
milde (comparative milder, superlative mildest)
- Obsolete spelling of mild
- 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, A Preface to the Reader:
- M. Wotton, a man milde of nature, with soft voice, and fewe wordes, inclined to M. Secretaries iudgement, and said, in mine opinion, the Scholehouse should be in deede, as it is called by name, the house of playe and pleasure, and not of feare and bondage: and as I do remember, so saith Socrates in one place of Plato.
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Anagrams
- MEDLI, elmid, limed, melid
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Adjective
milde
- Inflected form of mild
Esperanto
Etymology
milda + -e
Adverb
milde
- mildly, gently
German
Pronunciation
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Adjective
milde
- Alternative form of mild (Still common in the sense of merciful, otherwise obsolete.)
- inflection of mild:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Middle English
Noun
milde
- Alternative form of mile (“millet”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
milde
- definite singular of mild
- plural of mild
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
milde
- definite singular of mild
- plural of mild
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (“gentle, mild”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to soften, to weaken”). Akin to Old Frisian milde, Middle Dutch milde (Dutch mild), Old High German milti (German mild), Old Norse mildr, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰 (mildiþa, “kindness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmil.de/, [ˈmiɫ.de]
Adjective
milde
- mild, gentle, kind, merciful, generous; meek
Declension
Declension of milde — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | milde | mildu, mildo | milde |
Accusative | mildne | milde | milde |
Genitive | mildes | mildre | mildes |
Dative | mildum | mildre | mildum |
Instrumental | milde | mildre | milde |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | milde | milda, milde | mildu, mildo |
Accusative | milde | milda, milde | mildu, mildo |
Genitive | mildra | mildra | mildra |
Dative | mildum | mildum | mildum |
Instrumental | mildum | mildum | mildum |
Declension of milde — Weak
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | milda | milde | milde |
Accusative | mildan | mildan | milde |
Genitive | mildan | mildan | mildan |
Dative | mildan | mildan | mildan |
Instrumental | mildan | mildan | mildan |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | mildan | mildan | mildan |
Accusative | mildan | mildan | mildan |
Genitive | mildra, mildena | mildra, mildena | mildra, mildena |
Dative | mildum | mildum | mildum |
Instrumental | mildum | mildum | mildum |
Derived terms
- mildelīċ
- mildelīċe
- mildheort
- mildheortlīċe
- mildheortness
- milts
Descendants
- Middle English: milde
- Scots: mild, myld
- English: mild
Swedish
Adjective
milde
- absolute definite natural masculine singular of mild.