mangeln

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See also: Mangeln and Mängeln

German

Etymology

From Old High German mangolōn, from Latin mancō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaŋəln/
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Verb

mangeln (weak, third-person singular present mangelt, past tense mangelte, past participle gemangelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (impersonal) for there to be a lack (idiomatically translated by English lack with the dative object as the subject)
    Ihm mangelt es an Mut zum Kampf.
    He lacks the courage to fight.
  2. (intransitive) to lack, to be needed (idiomatically translated by English lack with the dative object as the subject)
    Der Herr ist mein Hirte, mir wird nichts mangeln.
    The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
    (literally, “... nothing will lack for me.”)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • mangeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • mangeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • mangeln” in Duden online
  • mangeln” in OpenThesaurus.de