Neuter
Mahl
Meaning
meal, repast
Concepts
Synonyms
ein Essen
kaiserliches Mahl
Mühl-
Lebensnotwendige
Hauptmahlzeit
Translations
repas
comida
pasto
maaltijd
öğün
refeição
àpat
cena
γεύμαFrequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
meeli
Basel-Landschaft
mool
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/maːl/
Etymology
In summary
The same word as Mal (“time”), from Middle High German māl, from Old High German māl, from Proto-West Germanic *māl. The sense “meal” developed from “mealtime” as also in cognate English meal. Further cognate with Dutch maal, Danish mål (“goal”). The orthographic distinction from Mal began in Early Modern German, probably in part under influence of etymology 2 below, which was then becoming obsolete. Later grammarians, at any rate, were in doubt about which of the two was the origin of the word for “meal”.
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