mangeln
/ˈmaŋəln/ verb B2- 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.
- to lack, to be needed [with dative ‘to/for someone/something’] (idiomatically translated by English lack with the dative object as the subject)
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- mangeln
- Present (er)
- mangelt
- Präteritum (er)
- mangelte
- Perfekt (er)
- hat gemangelt
- Infinitive with zu
- zu mangeln
From the library
Am schwersten wiegt jedoch der Mangel an Nachwuchs.
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