Meaning
Concepts
hussy
you don’t say
homo sapiens
unlucky person
talented man
human creature
fellow creatures
lord of creation
Mensch
modern human
modern human being
Skyperson
Crikey
Blimey
Synonyms
Jemand
Krone der Schöpfung
Homo sapiens
menschliches Wesen
Persönlichkeit des öffentlichen Lebens
Unikum
Wunderling
Auf keinen Fall
Mein Güte
Ausgeschlossen
menschliches Geschöpf
komischer Vogel
verrückte Person
Humanoid
homo Sapiens
bunter Vogel
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
mensch
Basel-Landschaft
meebel
Basel-Landschaft
mentsch
Basel-Landschaft
hut
Basel-Landschaft
nummere
Graubünden
mensch
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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