Mangel

See also: mangel and Mängel

English

Etymology

• As a German surname, variant of Mangold.
• As a Jewish surname, from German Mangel (“scarcity, lacking, need”).
• As an English surname, variant of Mangnall, from Mankinholes in Lancashire, usually said to be from the Irish name Manchán (compare manach (“monk”)) + Old English hol (“hollow”).
• As a French surname, variant of Mange, shortened from the personal name Demange, a dialect form of Dominique.

Proper noun

Mangel (plural Mangels)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mangel is the 35582^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 632 individuals. Mangel is most common among White (88.13%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mangel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 505.

Anagrams

• Gelman, Mangle, leg man, legman, lemang, mangle

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋəl/, [ˈmaŋl̩̩]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Etymology 1

Back-formation from mangeln (“to lack”). Related to Manko, which ultimately comes from the same source by way of a comparable derivation in Italian. Also related to English manque.

Noun

Mangel m (strong, genitive Mangels, plural Mängel)

1. lack, shortage (the condition of having an insufficient amount of a resource, or none at all) [with an (+ dative) ‘of something’]
   1. dietary deficiency

      Vitamin-C-Mangel / Mangel an Vitamin C ― vitamin C deficiency

Declension

Declension of Mangel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mangel	die	Mängel
genitive	eines	des	Mangels	der	Mängel
dative	einem	dem	Mangel	den	Mängeln
accusative	einen	den	Mangel	die	Mängel

Derived terms

• mangels
• bemängeln
• mangelhaft
• Mangelerscheinung

Related terms

• Manko

Descendants

• → Norwegian Bokmål: mangel

Etymology 2

From Middle High German mange, mangel, from Latin manganum, from Ancient Greek μάγγᾰνον (mángănon).

Noun

Mangel f (genitive Mangel, plural Mangeln)

1. mangle

Declension

Declension of Mangel [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Mangel	die	Mangeln
genitive	einer	der	Mangel	der	Mangeln
dative	einer	der	Mangel	den	Mangeln
accusative	eine	die	Mangel	die	Mangeln

Derived terms

• in die Mangel nehmen

Further reading

• “Mangel”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Mangel (Defizit, Defekt)” in Duden online
• “Mangel (Maschine, Rolle, bügeln)” in Duden online