mangeln
German
editEtymology
editFrom Old High German mangolōn, from Latin mancō.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmangeln (weak, third-person singular present mangelt, past tense mangelte, past participle gemangelt, auxiliary haben)
- (impersonal) 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.
- He lacks the courage to fight.
- (intransitive) 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.
- The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- (literally, “... nothing will lack for me.”)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | mangeln | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | mangelnd | ||||
past participle | gemangelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich mangle ich mangele ich mangel |
wir mangeln | i | ich mangele ich mangle |
wir mangeln |
du mangelst | ihr mangelt | du mangelest du manglest |
ihr mangelet ihr manglet | ||
er mangelt | sie mangeln | er mangele er mangle |
sie mangeln | ||
preterite | ich mangelte | wir mangelten | ii | ich mangelte1 | wir mangelten1 |
du mangeltest | ihr mangeltet | du mangeltest1 | ihr mangeltet1 | ||
er mangelte | sie mangelten | er mangelte1 | sie mangelten1 | ||
imperative | mangle (du) mangel (du) mangele (du) |
mangelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Related terms
editFurther reading
editCategories:
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms derived from Latin
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary
- German impersonal verbs
- German terms with usage examples
- German intransitive verbs