Mittelbau

German

Etymology

mittel- +‎ Bau

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪtəlˌbaʊ̯]
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Noun

Mittelbau m (strong, genitive Mittelbaues or Mittelbaus, plural Mittelbaue)

1. in-between part of a building or other construction
2. (figurative) anything supporting a structure at its centre
3. (dead metaphor) mid-level academic staff, anyone employed at an university graduated but not tenured

Declension

Declension of Mittelbau [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mittelbau	die	Mittelbaue
genitive	eines	des	Mittelbaues, Mittelbaus	der	Mittelbaue
dative	einem	dem	Mittelbau, Mittelbaue1	den	Mittelbauen
accusative	einen	den	Mittelbau	die	Mittelbaue

¹Now rare, see notes.

Proper noun

Mittelbau n (proper noun, genitive Mittelbaus or (optionally with an article) Mittelbau)

1. the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp

Declension

Declension of Mittelbau [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Mittelbau
genitive	des	Mittelbaus, Mittelbau1
dative	dem	Mittelbau
accusative	das	Mittelbau

¹Optionally with an article.

Further reading

• “Mittelbau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mittelbau” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Mittelbau” in Duden online
• Mittelbau on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de