Mandel

See also: mandel

English

Etymology

• Germanic surname (Dutch Mandel, German Mandel, Yiddish Mandel, all meaning "almond"). Also found in Slovenian as Mandelj.
• As a south German and Austrian surname, variant of Mandl, from Mann +‎ -l.
• As a Dutch surname, from mandel (“sheaf of wheat”) (see Mandel below).
• As a Jewish surname, variant of Mendel.

Proper noun

Mandel (countable and uncountable, plural Mandels)

1. (countable) A surname.
   1. A surname from Dutch.
   2. A surname from German.
   3. A surname from Yiddish.
2. A village in Rüdesheim, Bad Kreuznach district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
3. A river in West Flanders, Belgium

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmandəl/, [ˈmandl̩]

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• Hyphenation: Man‧del

Etymology 1

From Middle High German mandel, from Old High German mandala, from Proto-West Germanic *mandalā (“almond”).

Noun

Mandel f (genitive Mandel, plural Mandeln)

1. almond
2. (anatomy, in brain) amygdala
3. (anatomy, in throat) tonsil

Declension

Declension of Mandel [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Mandel	die	Mandeln
genitive	einer	der	Mandel	der	Mandeln
dative	einer	der	Mandel	den	Mandeln
accusative	eine	die	Mandel	die	Mandeln

Derived terms

• mandelartig

Related terms

• (tonsil): Mandelentzündung
• (almond): Mandelbaum, Mandelöl, Mandelschale

Descendants

• → Faroese: mandla
• → Icelandic: mandla
• → Romansch: mandel
• → Swedish: mandel

Etymology 2

From Middle High German mandel, from Medieval Latin mandala (“sheaf, bundle”), which in the sense of “handful” is probably related to Latin manus (“hand”).

Noun

Mandel f or (until 17th c.) n (strong or mixed, genitive Mandel or Mandels, plural Mandel or Mandeln)

2. (archaic) a quantity of 15

   Coordinate terms: Dutzend, Schock

   • a. 1766, Christoph Martin Wieland, “Dritter Aufzug, Siebende Scene”, in Timon von Athen‎^[1], translation of Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare:

     Laßt keine Versammlung von fünfzehn ohne eine Mandel Bösewichter seyn.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1912, Christian Reuter, chapter 5, in Schelmuffskys wahrhaftige, kuriöse und sehr gefährliche Reisebeschreibung zu Wasser und zu Lande‎^[2]:

     Wer auch nur eine halbe Mandel Eier in Rom verkaufen will, der bringt sie auf einer Dreckschüte hinein zu Markte geschleppt.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Mandel [feminine // neuter, strong // mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine, ein	die, das	Mandel	die	Mandel, Mandeln
genitive	einer, eines	der, des	Mandel, Mandels	der	Mandel, Mandeln
dative	einer, einem	der, dem	Mandel	den	Mandeln
accusative	eine, ein	die, das	Mandel	die	Mandel, Mandeln

Derived terms

• Bauernmandel, Großmandel (a quantity of 16)

Further reading

• “Mandel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mandel (Kern, Samen, Organ)” in Duden online
• “Mandel (Menge, Gruppe)” in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Noun

Mandel f (plural Mandelen)

1. almond