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Mehl.

flour; meal (ground cereal)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/meːl/
  1. flour; meal (ground cereal)

    neuter · strong
  2. powder; dust (any result of grinding)

    neuter · strong
    Sägemehl
Where this word comes from

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

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