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Mahl

German, noun

Mahl is spelled M-A-H-L (4 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 23,884th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mahl is a German neuter noun meaning “meal, repast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, mahl is a different word: “singular imperative of mahlen”. On this page, mähl is a different word: “singular imperative of mählen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vorgang, bei dem Essen zu sich genommen wird, gespeist wird”.

What does Mahl mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neutermeal, repast

noun

  1. 1

    neuterobsoletea public assembly or council, especially for judicial purposes

verb

as mahl
  1. 1

    singular imperative of mahlen

  2. 2

    colloquialfirst-person singular present of mahlen

verb

as mähl
  1. 1

    singular imperative of mählen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Vorgang, bei dem Essen zu sich genommen wird, gespeist wird 2. zubereitetes Essen

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Mahl

  • Mahles genitive
  • Mahls genitive
  • Mähler plural
  • Mahle plural
  • Mählern dative definite plural
  • Mahlen dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Mahl

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Mahl in German?

Mahl appears 2.0 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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