Polyglot Dictionary

Menschheit

/ˈmɛnʃhaɪ̯t/

die noun B2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. humanity

    Built from Mensch (human) + -heit (-hood).

    • Das betrifft die ganze Menschheit.

      That affects all of humanity.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Mensch human
  • -heit -hood

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

humanidad

humanidad is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "humanity."

Portuguese

humanidade

humanidade is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "humanity."

Practice

1 What does Menschheit mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das betrifft die ganze ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Menschheit?

nouncompound

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