mangeln
German, verb
mangeln is spelled M-A-N-G-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,235th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mangeln is a German verb meaning “for there to be a lack [with dative ‘to someone/something’ and an (+ dative) ‘of something’] (idiomatically translated by English lack with…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Mangeln is a different word: “plural of Mangel”. On this page, Mängeln is a different word: “dative plural of Mangel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “fehlen an; nicht oder ungenügend vorhanden sein”.
What does mangeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
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)
Ihm mangelt es an Mut zum Kampf.
- 2
to lack, to be needed [with dative ‘to/for someone/something’] (idiomatically translated by English lack with the dative object as the subject)
Der Herr ist mein Hirte, mir wird nichts mangeln.
noun
- 1
plural of Mangel
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Mangel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fehlen an; nicht oder ungenügend vorhanden sein
verb: 1. durch die Mangel nehmen; auspressen
verb: 1. Mangel leiden
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 mangeln
- mangelt present singular third-person
- mangelte past
- gemangelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- mangelnd participle present
- mangle first-person indicative present
- mangele first-person indicative present
- mangel first-person indicative present
- mangelst indicative present second-person
- mangelest second-person singular subjunctive
- manglest second-person singular subjunctive
- mangelet plural second-person subjunctive
- manglet plural second-person subjunctive
- mangelten first-person indicative plural
- mangeltest indicative preterite second-person
- mangeltet indicative plural preterite
- mängeln variant archaic
- mangle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to mangeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mangeln in German?
mangeln appears 1.7 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).