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mangels

for lack of

preposition MANG-els Rare
Grammar & Structure Prepositions

Origin: from Mangel (lack)

Also means

in the absence of

Usage Note

mangels is a genitive preposition, 'for lack of, in the absence of', e.g. mangels Beweisen. It is concise officialese, frequent in legal rulings such as mangels Masse. With bare nouns it may take the dative plural.

Examples

"Das Verfahren wurde mangels Beweisen eingestellt."

Natural Translation

The proceedings were dropped for lack of evidence.

Literal Translation

The proceedings were for-lack-of evidence stopped.

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