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Otti fotografiert jeden Mangel in der neuen Wohnung. Otti photographs every defect in the new flat.

noun · B1

der Mangel

[ˈmaŋl̩]

defect, fault

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Grammar

Plural
die Mängel In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? der Mangel die Mängel
Accusative wen? was? den Mangel die Mängel
Siehst du hier noch einen Mangel, oder ist alles in Ordnung? Can you see any other defect here, or is everything fine?
Dative wem? dem Mangel den Mängeln
Genitive wessen? des Mangels der Mängel

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Word family

mangelhaftmangeln

In Otti's situations: Otti signs the rental contract

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