Mehl

German

Etymology

From Middle High German mel (genitive melwes), from Old High German melo, from Proto-West Germanic *melu. Cognate with Dutch meel, English meal (“flour”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meːl/
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Homophone: Mail (according to one pronunciation of this word)

Noun

Mehl n (strong, genitive Mehles or Mehls, plural Mehle)

flour; meal (ground cereal)
powder; dust (any result of grinding)
Synonym: (more common) Pulver

Sägemehl ― sawdust

Declension

Declension of Mehl [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Mehl	die	Mehle
genitive	eines	des	Mehles, Mehls	der	Mehle
dative	einem	dem	Mehl, Mehle¹	den	Mehlen
accusative	ein	das	Mehl	die	Mehle

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

Auszugsmehl
Dinkelmehl
Feinmehl
Fleischmehl
Futtermehl
Gerstenmehl
Getreidemehl
Hafermehl
Hirsemehl
Kartoffelmehl
Knochenmehl
Maismehl
Paniermehl
Reismehl
Roggenmehl
Sägemehl
Sojamehl
Stärkemehl
Thomasmehl
Vollkornmehl
Weißmehl
Weizenmehl

Derived terms

mehlartig
mehlen
mehlig

Related terms

Mehlkloß
Mehlsack
Mehlschwalbe
Mehlschwitze
Mehlsorte
Mehlspeise
Mehltüte

Further reading

“Mehl” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
“Mehl” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Mehl” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Mehl” in Duden online
Mehl on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German mel, from Old High German melo, from Proto-West Germanic *melu, from Proto-Germanic *melwą. Cognate with German Mehl, Dutch meel, English meal (etymology 2).

Noun

Mehl n

flour, meal

Derived terms

Weezemehl
Welschkannmehl

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