Mensch

From Middle High German mensche, mensch, from Old High German mennisko, a substantivization of the adjective mennisk, from man (whence modern Mann). (The word is retained as an adjective in some German dialects.) Compare Yiddish מענטש‎ (mentsh), Dutch mens, Swedish människa, all with the primary sense of ‘person’ or ‘human being’.

• IPA^(key): /mɛnʃ/

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Mensch m (genitive Menschen, plural Menschen, diminutive Menschchen n or Menschlein n)

1. human, human being, person
2. (interjection) man

• Mensch is a weak noun in the standard language but is part of a group of nouns with a stark tendency to be strong colloquially so one might hear dem Mensch instead of dem Menschen.
• In older literature, the genitive des Menschens may occur.

• Bub, Bube
• Junge
• Mann

From Middle High German mensche, mensch, from Old High German mennisko, a substantivization of the adjective mennisk, from man.

• IPA^(key): /mɛnʃ/

Mensch m (plural Mensche)

1. human, human being, person

   Keen Mensch konnd do leve.

   No human being could live here.

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Middle Low German mensche, minsche, from Old Saxon mennisk, mennisko, from Proto-Germanic *menniskaz.

Mensch m (plural Menschen)

1. human, human being, person