Meanings
mangel1
plural 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.
Mangel2
Origin
- Old Englishhol“hollow”
- EnglishMangel
* 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.
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Bulgarian кръмно цвекло
- кръмно цвекло (krămno cveklo)sugar beet
Czech cukrová řepa
- cukrová řepasugar beet
Finnish sokerijuurikas, rehujuurikas
- sokerijuurikassugar beet
- rehujuurikasMangelwurzal
Māori pītihuka, mangawaha
- pītihukasugar beet
- mangawahaMangelwurzal
Norwegian Bokmål sukkerbete, sukkerroe
- sukkerbetesugar beet
- sukkerroesugar beet
- fôrbeteMangelwurzal
- fôrroeMangelwurzal
Russian кормова́я свёкла
- кормова́я свёкла (kormovája svjókla)sugar beet
Swedish sockerbeta
- sockerbetasugar beet
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mangel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mangel
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