Mandel

== English == === Alternative forms === Mandell === Etymology === 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. === Proper noun === Mandel (countable and uncountable, plural Mandels) (countable) A surname. A surname from Dutch. A surname from German. A surname from Yiddish. (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname. A village in Rüdesheim, Bad Kreuznach district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. A river in West Flanders, Belgium. === Anagrams === Delman, Malden, Mladen == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmandəl/, [ˈmandl̩] Hyphenation: Man‧del === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German mandel, from Old High German mandala, from Proto-West Germanic *mandalā (“almond”). Doublet of Amygdala and Mandorla. ==== Noun ==== Mandel f (genitive Mandel, plural Mandeln) almond (anatomy, in brain) amygdala (anatomy, in throat) tonsil ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== mandelartig ===== Related terms ===== (tonsil): Mandelentzündung (almond): Mandelbaum, Mandelöl, Mandelschale ===== Descendants ===== → Faroese: mandla → Icelandic: mandla → Kashubian: mandla → Romansh: mandel → Swedish: mandel === Etymology 2 === 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 ==== Mandel f or (until 17th c.) n (strong or mixed, genitive Mandel or Mandels, plural Mandel or Mandeln) (archaic) a quantity of 15 Coordinate terms: Dutzend, Schock ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Bauernmandel, Großmandel (a quantity of 16) === Further reading === “Mandel”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German) “Mandel (Kern, Samen, Organ)” in Duden online “Mandel (Menge, Gruppe)” in Duden online == Luxembourgish == === Noun === Mandel f (plural Mandelen) almond