Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mangelwurzel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: man-gel-wurzel
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.

Example Sentences

"I have not written to my beloved Amelia for these many weeks past, for what news was there to tell of the sayings and doings at Humdrum Hall, as I have christened it; and what do you care whether the turnip crop is good or bad; whether the fat pig weighed thirteen stone or fourteen; and whether the beasts thrive well upon mangelwurzel?"
"Wheat and barley, oats and hay, Clover, beans, and mangel-wurzels"

Etymology

From German Mangold (“chard”) + Wurzel (“root”), with the first part reinterpreted as Mangel, whence the archaic English name "root of scarcity".

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Mangold

Inflected Forms

mangelwurzels (plural) mangel-wurzel (alternative) mangle-wurzel (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

beet chard

Synonyms

mangold mangold wurzel root of scarcity

Questions

What does mangelwurzel mean?: A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.
Where does mangelwurzel come from?: It is traced to German.

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