mangeln

Meaning

  1. (impersonal,weak) for there to be a lack [with dative ‘to someone/something’ and an (+ dative) ‘of something’] (idiomatically translated by English lack with the dative object as the subject)
  2. (intransitive,weak) to lack, to be needed [with dative ‘to/for someone/something’] (idiomatically translated by English lack with the dative object as the subject)

Concepts

be lacking

be missing

be absent

lack miss

be away

Frequency

30k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

fääle

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

mangge

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

manggiere

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

mangle

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmaŋəln/
Etymology

In summary

From Old High German mangolōn, from Latin mancō.

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