Verb
mangeln
to lack, to be needed [with dative ‘to/for someone/something’] (idiomatically translated by English lack with the dative object as the subject)
C1
rank #11,811
Meanings
Verb
- to lack, to be needed [with dative ‘to/for someone/something’] (idiomatically translated by English lack with the dative object as the subject)
- 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...
In a sentence
Der Herr ist mein Hirte, mir wird nichts mangeln.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing.
Forms
infinitive
mangeln
he/she/it
mangelt
simple past
mangelte
perfect
hat gemangelt
takes an + Dativ