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mangeln

C1 Verb frequency rank #11,809

What mangeln means

Verb

  1. to lack, to be needed [with dative ‘to/for someone/something’] (idiomatically translated by English lack with the dative object as the subject)
  2. 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...

Forms

mangeln · mangelt · mangelte · hat gemangelt (an + Dativ)

Pronunciation

mangeln in a sentence

Der Herr ist mein Hirte, mir wird nichts mangeln.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing.

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mangeln is C1 German — advanced vocabulary, ranked #11,809 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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