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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmænlaɪn/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Männlein.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Männleins [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Männlein (“a little man”), from Mann (“man”) + -lein (“suffix indicating a diminutive form”); compare English manling. Etymology templates: {{circa2|1900|short=yes}} c. 1900, {{bor|en|de|Männlein||a little man}} German Männlein (“a little man”), {{m|de|Mann||man}} Mann (“man”), {{m|de|-lein||suffix indicating a diminutive form}} -lein (“suffix indicating a diminutive form”), {{cog|en|manling}} English manling Head templates: {{en-noun}} Männlein (plural Männleins)
  1. A little man; a dwarf, a mannikin. Categories (topical): Male Synonyms: männlein, Mannlein, mannlein

Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈmɛnlaɪ̯n/ Audio: De-Männlein.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛnlaɪ̯n Etymology: From Middle High German menlīn, mennelīn, from Old High German menlīn, mennilīn, mannilīn, equivalent to Mann + -lein. Compare English manling. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|menlīn}} Middle High German menlīn, {{m|gmh|mennelīn}} mennelīn, {{inh|de|goh|menlīn}} Old High German menlīn, {{m|goh|mennilīn}} mennilīn, {{m|goh|mannilīn}} mannilīn, {{suffix|de|Mann|lein}} Mann + -lein, {{cog|en|manling}} English manling Head templates: {{de-noun|n,,-:s:Männerlein}} Männlein n (strong, genitive Männleins, plural Männlein or Männleins or Männerlein) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,,-:s:Männerlein}} Forms: Männleins [genitive], Männlein [plural], Männleins [plural], Männerlein [plural], strong [table-tags], Männlein [nominative, singular], Männlein [definite, nominative, plural], Männleins [definite, nominative, plural], Männerlein [definite, nominative, plural], Männleins [genitive, singular], Männlein [definite, genitive, plural], Männleins [definite, genitive, plural], Männerlein [definite, genitive, plural], Männlein [dative, singular], Männlein [dative, definite, plural], Männleins [dative, definite, plural], Männerlein [dative, definite, plural], Männlein [accusative, singular], Männlein [accusative, definite, plural], Männleins [accusative, definite, plural], Männerlein [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (southern, possibly dated) male animal or person Tags: Southern, dated, neuter, possibly, strong Synonyms: Männchen Hypernyms (animal): Tier
    Sense id: en-Männlein-de-noun-r1m9Q7ME Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -lein Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -lein: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'animal': 100 0 Hyponyms (animal): Bock, Eber, Erpel, Ganser, Hengst, Kater, Keiler, Rammler, Rüde, Stier, Terzel, Widder Disambiguation of 'animal': 100 0
  2. Diminutive of Mann Tags: diminutive, form-of, neuter, strong Form of: Mann
    Sense id: en-Männlein-de-noun-sBkmUbn6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Männchen [diminutive], Manderl [Bavarian, diminutive], Mandl [diminutive] Hypernyms: Mensch [diminutive] Hyponyms: Halmamännlein [diminutive], Heinzelmännlein [diminutive], Räuchermännlein [diminutive], Sandmännlein [diminutive], Wichtelmännlein [diminutive] Related terms: die Männlein kriegen (Thuringian-Upper Saxonian) [diminutive], Männlein machen [diminutive], Männlein und Weiblein [diminutive]

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          "text": "It is astonishing how this activity keeps up to the end of the day and how the child struggles against fatigue and sleepiness. After having looked at his Brownie book in bed awhile S. was laid down by his mother to be sung to sleep as usual and the gas was turned down. Whereat he said: \"[…] right,—Yes. M., S. want those two pieces paper,—give S. some paper. 8. have to roll up. M. cover S. Where P.? Where P.? M., where P.? M. sing loud. M. lie down on P. bed,\" when the Männlein suddenly fell off to sleep.",
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          "text": "He put his pistol under Hannibal's chin and patted him down. He kicked Hannibal's gun away. Grutas took a stiletto from his belt and poked the tip into Hannibal's legs. They did not move. \"Shot in the spine, my little Mannlein,\" Grutas said.",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from German",
        "English terms derived from German",
        "English terms spelled with Ä",
        "English terms spelled with ◌̈",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Male"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1847 June 5, “Sketch of the Traditions of Germany”, in Sharpe's London Magazine: A Journal of Entertainment and Instruction for General Reading, volume IV, number 84, London: T. B. Sharpe, 15, Skinner Street, Snow Hill, →OCLC, page 83, column 2",
          "text": "There was the wife of the männlein, dressed in a robe of silk, richer far than was ever worn by wife of burgomaster; and there were his brothers, and his daughter, with her fair hair falling over her shoulders, and her exquisitely soft blue eye.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1902 May, M. C. Gale, H. Gale, “Children's Vocabularies”, in J. McKeen Cattell, editor, The Popular Science Monthly, volume LXI, New York, N.Y.: The Science Press, →OCLC, page 4950",
          "text": "It is astonishing how this activity keeps up to the end of the day and how the child struggles against fatigue and sleepiness. After having looked at his Brownie book in bed awhile S. was laid down by his mother to be sung to sleep as usual and the gas was turned down. Whereat he said: \"[…] right,—Yes. M., S. want those two pieces paper,—give S. some paper. 8. have to roll up. M. cover S. Where P.? Where P.? M., where P.? M. sing loud. M. lie down on P. bed,\" when the Männlein suddenly fell off to sleep.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1968, Philip Toynbee, Views from a Lake: the Seventh Day of the Valediction of Pantaloon, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 115",
          "text": "Hungry for home and a husband sturdy Dorothea / Has wandered far to catch herself a man; a Männlein.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1983, Norman Spinrad, The Void Captain's Tale, New York, N.Y.: Timescape Books",
          "text": "\"To teach a lesson that you must learn, mannlein,\" she said harshly. \"To strip away the final veil.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Thomas Harris, Hannibal Rising: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, page 300",
          "text": "He put his pistol under Hannibal's chin and patted him down. He kicked Hannibal's gun away. Grutas took a stiletto from his belt and poked the tip into Hannibal's legs. They did not move. \"Shot in the spine, my little Mannlein,\" Grutas said.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A little man; a dwarf, a mannikin."
      ],
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        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "dwarf",
          "dwarf"
        ],
        [
          "mannikin",
          "mannikin"
        ]
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmænlaɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "männlein"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mannlein"
    },
    {
      "word": "mannlein"
    }
  ],
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}

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    {
      "word": "Fräulein"
    },
    {
      "word": "Weiblein"
    }
  ],
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    "German 2-syllable words",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms suffixed with -lein",
    "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "German terms with audio links",
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  ],
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    },
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      "form": "Männleins",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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    {
      "form": "Männlein",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Männerlein",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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        "inflection-template"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Männleins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Männerlein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Männlein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Männlein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Männlein",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Männerlein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "sense": "animal",
      "word": "Tier"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "Mensch"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Männ‧lein"
  ],
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    {
      "sense": "animal",
      "word": "Bock"
    },
    {
      "sense": "animal",
      "word": "Eber"
    },
    {
      "sense": "animal",
      "word": "Erpel"
    },
    {
      "sense": "animal",
      "word": "Ganser"
    },
    {
      "sense": "animal",
      "word": "Hengst"
    },
    {
      "sense": "animal",
      "word": "Kater"
    },
    {
      "sense": "animal",
      "word": "Keiler"
    },
    {
      "sense": "animal",
      "word": "Rammler"
    },
    {
      "sense": "animal",
      "word": "Rüde"
    },
    {
      "sense": "animal",
      "word": "Stier"
    },
    {
      "sense": "animal",
      "word": "Terzel"
    },
    {
      "sense": "animal",
      "word": "Widder"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "Halmamännlein"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "Heinzelmännlein"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "Räuchermännlein"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "Sandmännlein"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "Wichtelmännlein"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "n,,-:s:Männerlein"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "roman": "Thuringian-Upper Saxonian",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "die Männlein kriegen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "Männlein machen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "Männlein und Weiblein"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German dated terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "male animal or person"
      ],
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        [
          "male",
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        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(southern, possibly dated) male animal or person"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Männchen"
        }
      ],
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        "Southern",
        "dated",
        "neuter",
        "possibly",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German diminutive nouns"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "Mann"
        }
      ],
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        "Diminutive of Mann"
      ],
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          "Mann#German"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "form-of",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛnlaɪ̯n/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛnlaɪ̯n"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/De-M%C3%A4nnlein.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "Männchen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Bavarian",
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "Manderl"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "Mandl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Männlein"
}

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