Meaning

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

mensch

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

meebel

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

mentsch

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

hut

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

nummere

Graubünden

Graubünden

mensch

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

moorchle

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/mɛnʃ/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German mensche, mensch, from Old High German mennisko, a substantivization of the adjective mennisk, from Proto-West Germanic *mannisk, from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human”), from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“human, man”). Compare Yiddish מענטש (mentsh), Dutch mens, Danish menneske, Swedish människa, all with the primary sense of “person” or “human being”.

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