Mandel

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English

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 Mandel (surname) on Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Etymology

Proper noun

Mandel (countable and uncountable, plural Mandels)

  1. (countable) A surname.
    1. A surname from Dutch.
    2. A surname from German.
    3. A surname from Yiddish.
  2. (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
    Mandel Patinkin
  3. A village in Rüdesheim, Bad Kreuznach district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
  4. A river in West Flanders, Belgium

Anagrams

German

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 Mandel (Familienname) on German Wikipedia

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmandəl/,
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Man‧del

Etymology 1

From Middle High German mandel, from Old High German mandala, from Proto-West Germanic *mandalā (“almond”). Doublet of Amygdala and Mandorla.

Noun

Mandel f (genitive Mandel, plural Mandeln)

  1. almond
  2. (anatomy, in brain) amygdala
  3. (anatomy, in throat) tonsil
Declension
Declension of Mandel
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Mandel die Mandeln
genitive einer der Mandel der Mandeln
dative einer der Mandel den Mandeln
accusative eine die Mandel die Mandeln
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Faroese: mandla
  • → Icelandic: mandla
  • → Kashubian: mandla
  • → Romansch: mandel
  • → Swedish: mandel

Etymology 2

From Middle High German mandel, from Medieval Latin mandala (“sheaf, bundle”), which in the sense of “handful” is probably related to Latin manus (“hand”).

Noun

Mandel f or (until 17th c.) n (strong or mixed, genitive Mandel or Mandels, plural Mandel or Mandeln)

  2. (archaic) a quantity of 15
    Coordinate terms: Dutzend, Schock
    • a. 1766, Christoph Martin Wieland, “Dritter Aufzug, Siebende Scene”, in Timon von Athen‎, translation of Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare:
      Laßt keine Versammlung von fünfzehn ohne eine Mandel Bösewichter seyn.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1912, Christian Reuter, chapter 5, in Schelmuffskys wahrhaftige, kuriöse und sehr gefährliche Reisebeschreibung zu Wasser und zu Lande‎:
      Wer auch nur eine halbe Mandel Eier in Rom verkaufen will, der bringt sie auf einer Dreckschüte hinein zu Markte geschleppt.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Mandel
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine, ein die, das Mandel die Mandel, Mandeln
genitive einer, eines der, des Mandel, Mandels der Mandel, Mandeln
dative einer, einem der, dem Mandel den Mandeln
accusative eine, ein die, das Mandel die Mandel, Mandeln
Derived terms

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Noun

Mandel f (plural Mandelen)

  1. almond
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