Mandel
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]- Germanic surname (Dutch Mandel, German Mandel, Yiddish [Term?] (Mandel), all meaning "almond"). Also found in Slovenian as Mandelj.
- As a south German and Austrian surname, variant of Mandl, from Mann + -l.
- As a Dutch surname, from mandel (“sheaf of wheat”) (see Mandel below).
- As a Jewish surname, variant of Mendel.
Proper noun
[edit]Mandel (countable and uncountable, plural Mandels)
- (countable) A surname.
- (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A village in Rüdesheim, Bad Kreuznach district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- A river in West Flanders, Belgium
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German mandel, from Old High German mandala, from Proto-West Germanic *mandalā (“almond”). Doublet of Amygdala and Mandorla.
Noun
[edit]Mandel f (genitive Mandel, plural Mandeln)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Mandel [feminine]
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- (tonsil): Mandelentzündung
- (almond): Mandelbaum, Mandelöl, Mandelschale
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]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
[edit]Mandel f or (until 17th c.) n (strong or mixed, genitive Mandel or Mandels, plural Mandel or Mandeln)
- (archaic) a quantity of 15
- a. 1766, Christoph Martin Wieland, “Dritter Aufzug, Siebende Scene”, in Timon von Athen[1], 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[2]:
- 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
[edit]Declension of Mandel [feminine // neuter, strong // mixed]
Derived terms
[edit]- Bauernmandel, Großmandel (a quantity of 16)
Further reading
[edit]- “Mandel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Mandel (Kern, Samen, Organ)” in Duden online
- “Mandel (Menge, Gruppe)” in Duden online
Luxembourgish
[edit]Noun
[edit]Mandel f (plural Mandelen)
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