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Mangel^¹

Where it comes from

* As a German surname, variant of Mangold.

* As a Jewish surname, from German Mangel (“scarcity, lacking, need”).

* As an English surname, variant of Mangnall, from Mankinholes in Lancashire, usually said to be from the Irish name Manchán (compare manach (“monk”)) + Old English hol (“hollow”).

* As a French surname, variant of Mange, shortened from the personal name Demange, a dialect form of Dominique.

proper noun Mangels

A surname from German.

mangel^²

/ˈmæŋ.ɡ(ə)l/
/ˈmeɪ̯ŋ.ɡ(ə)l/
/ˈmɛ̃ŋ.ɡ(ə)l/

Sounds like mangle · Rhymes with -æŋɡəl

noun mangels

The sugar beet, which can be refined to equal cane sugar in all manners save for botanical origin.
A mangelwurzel, a plant of the beet family raised as cattle feed. For many days the animals had nothing to eat but mangels.

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noun sugar beet

Русский	кормова́я свёкла kormovája svjókla

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@misc{mangel_2026,
  title = {mangel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mangel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}