Polyglot Dictionary

mal

/maːl/

adverb, particle A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

adve Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. times (multiplication, occurrences)

    Short for einmal, zweimal, etc. — "drei mal drei" (three times three).

  2. softening particle, roughly "just"

    spoken

    Takes the edge off a request — "Komm mal her" sounds friendlier than the bare imperative "Komm her."

    • Warte mal.

      Just wait a second.

Practice

1 What does mal mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich war schon zwei ___ dort.

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