mangelwurzel

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noun

A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.

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mangoldmangold wurzelroot of scarcity
OriginGerman Mangold →
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Meanings

nounmangelwurzel (plural mangelwurzels)

plural mangelwurzels · alternative mangel-wurzel · alternative mangle-wurzel

  1. A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.

    Wheat and barley, oats and hay, Clover, beans, and mangel-wurzels

    1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC
    1 more example

    I have not written to my beloved Amelia for these many weeks past, for what news was there to tell of the sayings and doings at Humdrum Hall, as I have christened it; and what do you care whether the turnip crop is good or bad; whether the fat pig weighed thirteen stone or fourteen; and whether the beasts thrive well upon mangelwurzel?

    1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 11, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC

    Synonyms: mangold, mangold wurzel, root of scarcity

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.

Similar
mangoldmangold wurzelroot of scarcity
Also see
root of scarcity

Origin

  1. GermanMangold“chard”
  2. Englishmangelwurzel

From German Mangold (“chard”) + Wurzel (“root”), with the first part reinterpreted as Mangel, whence the archaic English name "root of scarcity".

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Translations

Czech krmná řepa
  • krmná řeparoot vegetable
Finnish rehujuurikas
  • rehujuurikasroot vegetable
French betterave fourragère
  • betterave fourragèreroot vegetable
German Runkelrübe, Futterrübe
  • Runkelrüberoot vegetable
  • Futterrüberoot vegetable
Irish meaingeal
  • meaingealroot vegetable
Japanese マンゲルヴルツェル
  • マンゲルヴルツェル (mangeruvurutseru)root vegetable
Māori mangawaha, mangowātera
  • mangawaharoot vegetable
  • mangowāteraroot vegetable
Polish burak pastewny
  • burak pastewnyroot vegetable
Russian манго́льд, листова́я свёкла
  • манго́льд (mangólʹd)root vegetable
  • листова́я свёкла (listovája svjókla)root vegetable
Spanish acelga
  • acelgaroot vegetable
Swedish mangold
  • mangoldroot vegetable
Welsh betysen borthi
  • betysen borthiroot vegetable
Cite this entry
APA

mangelwurzel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mangelwurzel

MLA

“mangelwurzel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mangelwurzel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mangelwurzel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mangelwurzel.

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