mangeln
German
Etymology
From Old High German mangolōn, from Latin mancō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaŋəln/
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Verb
mangeln (weak, third-person singular present mangelt, past tense mangelte, past participle gemangelt, auxiliary haben)
- (impersonal) 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 subject)
- Ihm mangelt es an Mut zum Kampf.
- He lacks the courage to fight.
- (intransitive) to lack, to be needed [with dative ‘to/for someone/something’] (idiomatically translated by English lack with the dative object as the subject)
- Der Herr ist mein Hirte, mir wird nichts mangeln.
- The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- (literally, “... nothing will lack for me.”)
Conjugation
Conjugation of mangeln (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | mangeln | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | mangelnd | ||||
| past participle | gemangelt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich mangle ich mangele ich mangel |
wir mangeln | i | ich mangele ich mangle |
wir mangeln |
| du mangelst | ihr mangelt | du mangelest du manglest |
ihr mangelet ihr manglet | ||
| er mangelt | sie mangeln | er mangele er mangle |
sie mangeln | ||
| preterite | ich mangelte | wir mangelten | ii | ich mangelte1 | wir mangelten1 |
| du mangeltest | ihr mangeltet | du mangeltest1 | ihr mangeltet1 | ||
| er mangelte | sie mangelten | er mangelte1 | sie mangelten1 | ||
| imperative | mangle (du) mangel (du) mangele (du) |
mangelt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of mangeln (weak, auxiliary haben)