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mangelwurzel

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

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History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: krmná řepa — root vegetable
  • Finnish: rehujuurikas — root vegetable
  • French: betterave — root vegetable
  • German: Runkelrübe — root vegetable
  • German: Futterrübe — root vegetable
  • Irish: meaingeal — root vegetable
  • Japanese: マンゲルヴルツェル (mangeruvurutseru) — root vegetable
  • Māori: mangawaha — root vegetable
  • Māori: mangowātera — root vegetable
  • Polish: burak pastewny — root vegetable
  • Russian: манго́льд (mangólʹd) — root vegetable
  • Russian: листова́я свёкла (listovája svjókla) — root vegetable
  • Spanish: acelga — root vegetable
  • Swedish: mangold — root vegetable
  • Welsh: betysen borthi — root vegetable