Mandel

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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 Mandel (surname) on Wikipedia

Etymology

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Proper noun

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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

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German

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 Mandel (Familienname) on German Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmandəl/, [ˈmandl̩]
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  • Hyphenation: Man‧del

Etymology 1

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From Middle High German mandel, from Old High German mandala, from Proto-West Germanic *mandalā (almond). Doublet of Amygdala and Mandorla.

Noun

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Mandel f (genitive Mandel, plural Mandeln)

  1. almond
  2. (anatomy, in brain) amygdala
  3. (anatomy, in throat) tonsil
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Descendants
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  • Faroese: mandla
  • Icelandic: mandla
  • Kashubian: mandla
  • Romansch: mandel
  • Swedish: mandel

Etymology 2

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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

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

  1. (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.
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    • 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.
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Noun

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Mandel f (plural Mandelen)

  1. almond