Mandel

• Mandell

• Germanic surname (Dutch Mandel, German Mandel, Yiddish מאַנדל (Mandl), all meaning "almond"). Also found in Slovene as Mandelj.
• As a south German and Austrian surname, variant of Mandl, from Mann +‎ -l.
• As a Dutch surname, from mandel (“sheaf of wheat”) (see Mandel below).
• As a Jewish surname, variant of Mendel.

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. (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A village in Rüdesheim, Bad Kreuznach district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
4. A river in West Flanders, Belgium.

• Delman, Malden, Mladen

• IPA^(key): /ˈmandəl/, [ˈmandl̩]

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• Hyphenation: Man‧del

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

Mandel f (genitive Mandel, plural Mandeln)

1. almond
2. (anatomy, in brain) amygdala
3. (anatomy, in throat) tonsil

• mandelartig

• (tonsil): Mandelentzündung
• (almond): Mandelbaum, Mandelöl, Mandelschale

• → Faroese: mandla
• → Icelandic: mandla
• → Kashubian: mandla
• → Romansch: mandel
• → Swedish: mandel

From Middle High German mandel, from Medieval Latin mandala (“sheaf, bundle”), which in the sense of “handful” is probably related to Latin manus (“hand”).

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

2. (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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• Bauernmandel, Großmandel (a quantity of 16)

• “Mandel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mandel (Kern, Samen, Organ)” in Duden online
• “Mandel (Menge, Gruppe)” in Duden online

Mandel f (plural Mandelen)

1. almond