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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishmilde, fromOld Englishmilde(“mild”), fromProto-Germanic*mildijaz(“mild”), fromProto-Indo-European*melh₂-(“to beat, pound, grind”).

Cognate withScotsmild,myld(“mild”),Saterland Frisianmilde(“mild”),West Frisianmyld(“mild”),Dutchmild(“mild”),Low Germanmilde(“mild”),Germanmild(“mild”),Danish,Swedish andNorwegian Bokmålmild(“mild”),Icelandicmildur(“mild”),Latinmollis(“soft, gentle”),Lithuanianmalonus(“pleasing, pleasant, kind”),Old Norsemildr.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mild (comparativemilder,superlativemildest)

  1. Gentle and not easilyangered.
    amild man
  2. (of a rule or punishment) Of only moderate severity; not strict.
    He received amild sentence.
  3. Notoverly felt or seriously intended.
    • 1897 December (indicated as1898),Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, inThe Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company; London:Macmillan & Co., Ltd.,→OCLC:
      I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no verymild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.
  4. (of an illness or pain) Notserious ordangerous.
    • 2002, Rachel Simon,Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey:
      I learn that mental retardation is classified in four levels:mild, moderate, severe, and profound.
    • 2003, Janice A. Gault,Ophthalmology Pearls:
      NPDR can be further classified asmild, moderate, severe, or very severe, which can help predict how quickly the patient may progress to proliferative (neovascular) diabetic retinopathy (PDR).
  5. (of weather) Moderatelywarm, especially less cold than expected.
    amild day
    mild weather
  6. (of a medicine or cosmetic)Acting gently and without causing harm.
    amild anaesthetic
  7. (of food, drink, or a drug) Notsharp orbitter; notstrong in flavor.
    amild curry

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Translations

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gentle; pleasant; kind; soft
(illness or pain) not serious or dangerous
warm and pleasant of weather
acting gently and without causing harm
not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor

Noun

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mild (pluralmilds)

  1. (British) A relativelylow-gravitybeer, often with a dark colour;mild ale
    • 1998, Robert Rankin,The Dance of the Voodoo Handbag, page112:
      'Let me get this for the lady,' I said to Fange, who was pulling her a pint ofmild.
    • 2011, Pete Brown,Three Sheets to the Wind:
      But Stella shouldn't really be drunk in pints the same way our dads used to drink bitter ormild that was effectively half as strong.

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Danish

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsemildr.

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Adjective

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mild

  1. mild,gentle,soft
  2. light,lenient

Inflection

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Inflection ofmild
positivecomparativesuperlative
indefinite common singularmildmilderemildest2
indefinite neuter singularmildtmilderemildest2
pluralmildemilderemildest2
definite attributive1mildemilderemildeste

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Dutch

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Dutchmilde, fromOld Dutchmildi, fromProto-Germanic*mildijaz.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mild (comparativemilder,superlativemildst)

  1. mild

Declension

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Declension ofmild
uninflectedmild
inflectedmilde
comparativemilder
positivecomparativesuperlative
predicative/adverbialmildmilderhetmildst
hetmildste
indefinitem./f. sing.mildemilderemildste
n. sing.mildmildermildste
pluralmildemilderemildste
definitemildemilderemildste
partitivemildsmilders—

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle High Germanmilte, fromOld High Germanmilti. The modern consonantism isCentral andLow German; compareMiddle Low Germanmilde.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mild (strong nominative masculine singularmilder,comparativemilder,superlativeammildesten)

  1. mild (in all of its common senses)

Declension

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Positive forms ofmild
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuter
predicativeeristmildsieistmildesistmildsiesindmild
strong declension
(without article)		nominativemildermildemildesmilde
genitivemildenmildermildenmilder
dativemildemmildermildemmilden
accusativemildenmildemildesmilde
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativedermildediemildedasmildediemilden
genitivedesmildendermildendesmildendermilden
dativedemmildendermildendemmildendenmilden
accusativedenmildendiemildedasmildediemilden
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeeinmildereinemildeeinmildes(keine)milden
genitiveeinesmildeneinermildeneinesmilden(keiner)milden
dativeeinemmildeneinermildeneinemmilden(keinen)milden
accusativeeinenmildeneinemildeeinmildes(keine)milden
Comparative forms ofmild
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuter
predicativeeristmildersieistmilderesistmildersiesindmilder
strong declension
(without article)		nominativemilderermilderemilderesmildere
genitivemilderenmilderermilderenmilderer
dativemilderemmilderermilderemmilderen
accusativemilderenmilderemilderesmildere
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativedermilderediemilderedasmilderediemilderen
genitivedesmilderendermilderendesmilderendermilderen
dativedemmilderendermilderendemmilderendenmilderen
accusativedenmilderendiemilderedasmilderediemilderen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeeinmilderereinemildereeinmilderes(keine)milderen
genitiveeinesmildereneinermildereneinesmilderen(keiner)milderen
dativeeinemmildereneinermildereneinemmilderen(keinen)milderen
accusativeeinenmildereneinemildereeinmilderes(keine)milderen
Superlative forms ofmild
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuter
predicativeeristammildestensieistammildestenesistammildestensiesindammildesten
strong declension
(without article)		nominativemildestermildestemildestesmildeste
genitivemildestenmildestermildestenmildester
dativemildestemmildestermildestemmildesten
accusativemildestenmildestemildestesmildeste
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativedermildestediemildestedasmildestediemildesten
genitivedesmildestendermildestendesmildestendermildesten
dativedemmildestendermildestendemmildestendenmildesten
accusativedenmildestendiemildestedasmildestediemildesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeeinmildestereinemildesteeinmildestes(keine)mildesten
genitiveeinesmildesteneinermildesteneinesmildesten(keiner)mildesten
dativeeinemmildesteneinermildesteneinemmildesten(keinen)mildesten
accusativeeinenmildesteneinemildesteeinmildestes(keine)mildesten

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsemildr.

Adjective

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mild (neuter singularmildt,definite singular and pluralmilde,comparativemildere,indefinite superlativemildest,definite superlativemildeste)

  1. mild,gentle,lenient

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsemildr, fromProto-Germanic*mildijaz. Akin toEnglishmild.

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Adjective

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mild (neutermildt,definite singular and pluralmilde,comparativemildare,indefinite superlativemildast,definite superlativemildaste)

  1. mild
    I mai er det oftemildt i veret.
    In May, the weather is oftenmild
  2. gentle
  3. lenient
    Dommeren gav han eimild straff.
    The judge gave him alenient punishment.

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Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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FromOld Frisianmilde, fromProto-Germanic*mildijaz. More atmild.

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mild

  1. mild;gentle

Swedish

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Etymology

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FromOld Swedishmilder, fromOld Norsemildr, fromProto-Germanic*mildijaz, fromProto-Indo-European*meldʰ-.

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Adjective

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mild (comparativemildare,superlativemildast)

  1. mild
    enmild vinter
    amild winter
    mild citronsmak
    mild lemon flavor
    ettmilt straff
    amild punishment
    Det gick inte helt perfekt,milt uttryckt
    It didn't go perfectly,to put it mildly ("mildly expressed")
    1. gentle
      enmild sommarbris
      agentle summer breeze
      en vänlig ochmild man
      a kind andgentle man
    2. soft
      tapeter medmilda färger
      wallpaper withsoft colors

Declension

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Inflection ofmild
Indefinitepositivecomparativesuperlative1
common singularmildmildaremildast
neuter singularmiltmildaremildast
pluralmildamildaremildast
masculine plural2mildemildaremildast
Definitepositivecomparativesuperlative
masculine singular3mildemildaremildaste
allmildamildaremildaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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