Menschenaffe

Meaning

1. (colloquial, masculine, weak) ape or great ape (male or of unspecified gender) (a tail-less primate)
2. (masculine, weak) hominid (male or of unspecified gender) (a member of the family Hominidae, including humans)

Concepts

ape

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anthropoid

primate

monkey

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anthropoid ape

troglodyte

great apes

Synonyms

Affe

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Primaten

Orang-Utan

🦧

Anthropoide

Menschenartige

Translations

macaco

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mensaap

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aap

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apin

scimmia

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mono

singe

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antropoide

anthropoïde

πίθηκος

singe anthropoïde

primates

primats

primates

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: mensaap

In summary

From Mensch (“man, human being, person”) + -en- + Affe (“ape”), cognate with Dutch mensaap.