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mendel

/mˈɛndəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English

Syllables
mendel
IPA
/mˈɛndəl/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

* As a south German surname, variant of Meindl, from a pet form of Mein. * As a Jewish given name, from the Yiddish personal name מענדל (Mendl), a diminutive form of מאַן (man, “man”), an affectionate form of מנחם (m'nachém), or ultimately from Old Spanish Mendes through Ladino.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Mendels (plural)

Derived Forms

Mendelian Mendelic Mendelism Mendelist mendelize

Rhymes With

kendall wendell kendal grendel rendell brendel bendel rendall kendell hendel bendall kirkendall

Questions

How do you pronounce mendel?
The recorded pronunciation is /mˈɛndəl/.
What does mendel mean?
A surname.
Where does mendel come from?
It is traced to German.

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