mangel

/ˈmæŋ.ɡ(ə)l/

Etymology

* As a German surname, variant of Mangold. * As a Jewish surname, from German Mangel (“scarcity, lacking, need”). * As an English surname, variant of Mangnall, from Mankinholes in Lancashire, usually said to be from the Irish name Manchán (compare manach (“monk”)) + Old English hol (“hollow”). * As a French surname, variant of Mange, shortened from the personal name Demange, a dialect form of Dominique.

mangel means A surname from German. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.

name

A surname from German.

noun

The sugar beet, which can be refined to equal cane sugar in all manners save for botanical origin.
A mangelwurzel, a plant of the beet family raised as cattle feed.“For many days the animals had nothing to eat but mangels.”