"mal" meaning in German

See mal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /maːl/, /ma/ Audio: De-mal.ogg
Rhymes: -aːl Etymology: From the noun Mal (“time”). Partly shortened from einmal, which is also derived from the noun. Etymology templates: {{str left|Mal|1}} M, {{str left|de|1}} d, {{langname-lite|de}} German, {{str left|Mal|1}} M, {{m-lite|de|Mal||time}} Mal (“time”), {{str left|einmal|1}} e, {{str left|de|1}} d, {{langname-lite|de}} German, {{str left|einmal|1}} e, {{m-lite|de|einmal}} einmal Head templates: {{head|de|adverb||||am {{{2}}}|head=|sort=}} mal, {{de-adv}} mal
  1. times (indicating multiplication of two numbers)
    Sense id: en-mal-de-adv-5RoqAQs0
  2. (informal) Alternative form of einmal (“sometime, ever, once”), may serve to introduce a new information. Tags: alt-of, alternative, informal Alternative form of: einmal (extra: (“sometime, ever, once”), may serve to introduce a new information)
    Sense id: en-mal-de-adv-EVI4fNJL
  3. (informal) Softening a sentence, thus making a request or command more polite. By extension, indicating a command or request. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-mal-de-adv-G3o-4qTk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Malrechnung, schon mal (alt: schomma)

Verb

IPA: /maːl/, /ma/ Audio: De-mal.ogg
Rhymes: -aːl Etymology: From the noun Mal (“time”). Partly shortened from einmal, which is also derived from the noun. Etymology templates: {{str left|Mal|1}} M, {{str left|de|1}} d, {{langname-lite|de}} German, {{str left|Mal|1}} M, {{m-lite|de|Mal||time}} Mal (“time”), {{str left|einmal|1}} e, {{str left|de|1}} d, {{langname-lite|de}} German, {{str left|einmal|1}} e, {{m-lite|de|einmal}} einmal Head templates: {{head|de|verb form}} mal
  1. singular imperative of malen Tags: form-of, imperative, singular Form of: malen
    Sense id: en-mal-de-verb-sPG4OSIZ
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of malen Tags: colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular Form of: malen
    Sense id: en-mal-de-verb-a5lnNq8t Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German modal particles Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 24 4 22 16 33 Disambiguation of German modal particles: 19 5 24 13 38

Alternative forms

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  "word": "mal"
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.