Polyglot Dictionary

Mensch

/mɛnʃ/

der noun A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Menschen
genitive
des Menschen

Meaning

  1. human being, person

    Gender-neutral and species-wide — where Mann and Frau specify sex, Mensch just means "a person."

    • Sie ist ein guter Mensch.

      She's a good person.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Practice

1 What does Mensch mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie ist ein guter ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Mensch?

See also

nouncore-vocabulary

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