MANGLE - Translation from English into German

English

German

man·gle¹ [ˈmæŋgl̩] VB trans

1. mangle usu passive (crush):

to mangle sth

etw zerstören

to be mangled limbs

verstümmelt werden

to be mangled clothes

zerrissen werden

to be mangled car, metal

zerdrückt werden

all that remains of the car crash is a pile of mangled metal

alles, was nach dem Unfall noch übrig ist, ist ein Haufen Schrott

2. mangle fig (ruin):

to mangle sth

etw verstümmeln fig [o. entstellen]

man·gle² [ˈmæŋgl̩] N

1. mangle Brit hist (wringer):

mangle

[Wäsche]mangel f

mangle

CH a. Mange f

2. mangle Am (ironing machine):

mangle

[Heiß]mangel f

German

English

Wäschemangel

mangle

Mange

mangle

Mangel

mangle

etw mangeln

to put sth through the mangle

Heißmangel

heated mangle bes. Am (machine with heated rollers used to dry and press sheets and other fabrics)

einen Text verstümmeln (mündlich)

to mangle a text

einen Körper zerfetzen

to mangle a body

Rolle

mangle

Present

I	mangle
you	mangle
he/she/it	mangles
we	mangle
you	mangle
they	mangle

Past

I	mangled
you	mangled
he/she/it	mangled
we	mangled
you	mangled
they	mangled

Present Perfect

I	have	mangled
you	have	mangled
he/she/it	has	mangled
we	have	mangled
you	have	mangled
they	have	mangled

Past Perfect

I	had	mangled
you	had	mangled
he/she/it	had	mangled
we	had	mangled
you	had	mangled
they	had	mangled

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Tone began manipulating compact disks to achieve uniquely mangled sounds in the early 1980s.

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In the second half of the 19th century, steam was harnessed to laundry purposes and commercial laundries used steam-powered mangles or ironers.

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Vehicles were thrown hundreds of yards and mangled beyond recognition, and grass was reportedly ripped from the ground.

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Its wings have been removed, and its nose is mangled from the nuclear blasts.

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The bodies of both firemen were recovered, but they were mangled so badly they were unrecognizable.

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Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)

The original seems to have been irrecoverably mangled. However, on every digital node the SMS passed through, there is the technical possibility—in the background, without your knowledge—to make one or more digital copies of it.

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Das Original scheint unwiederbringlich zerstört, doch an jedem digitalen Knoten, den die SMS passiert, besteht die technische Möglichkeit, im Hintergrund ohne Ihr Wissen eine oder mehrere digitale Kopien davon zu machen.

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