Part of words like manchmal, einmal, wiedermal, nichtmal, schonmal, jedesmal, nochmal, which respectively mean “sometimes”, “once”, “yet again”, “never”, ever”, “every time”, and “again”. You’ll see this most commonly in dieses Mal, nächstes Mal, and letztes Mal, which mean “this time”, “next time”, and “last time” respectively. Even the use of mal as a softener (the subject of this article) is a derivation of einmal, which means “once” or “for once”. The core thing is that all the meanings of mal are (or originally were) related to time. 
The word or particle mal or Mal in German can mean various things. Overview - the Various Meanings of Mal in German
Mal in German as a softener - Explanation.Overview - the Various Meanings of Mal in German.
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