Mahl

/maːl/

das noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
Mahle

Meaning

  1. meal

    • Sie teilten ein einfaches Mahl.

      They shared a simple meal.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

mahlzeit

Mahl is more formal or literary, like a feast or banquet; Mahlzeit is the everyday word for "meal."

Similar in other languages

French

repas

repas is the French word for the same thing — both mean "meal."

Portuguese

refeição

refeição is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "meal."

Practice

1 What does Mahl mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie teilten ein einfaches ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Mahl?

noun

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