See mensch on Wiktionary
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{
"rhymes": "-ɛnʃ"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛntʃ"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "mensh"
},
{
"word": "mentsch"
},
{
"word": "mentsh"
},
{
"word": "mentch"
},
{
"word": "mench"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "morod",
"sense": "person of strength, integrity and compassion",
"word": "মরদ"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person of strength, integrity and compassion",
"word": "hyvä mies"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person of strength, integrity and compassion",
"word": "kunnon mies"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person of strength, integrity and compassion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "homme de bien"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person of strength, integrity and compassion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ehrenmann"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "person of strength, integrity and compassion",
"word": "ben adam"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "person of strength, integrity and compassion",
"word": "sadik"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person of strength, integrity and compassion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "morus"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person of strength, integrity and compassion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "równiacha"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person of strength, integrity and compassion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "równiak"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person of strength, integrity and compassion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "równy gość"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person of strength, integrity and compassion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "swój chłop"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "mentsh",
"sense": "person of strength, integrity and compassion",
"word": "מענטש"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "tsadek",
"sense": "person of strength, integrity and compassion",
"word": "צדיק"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"mensch"
],
"word": "mensch"
}
{
"etymology_text": "From Mensch (“human being”). Coined as (gender-neutral) alternative to man (“one”) for the same reason as frau, which see. Compare the use of they (vs she vs he) in English to refer to a generic or specific person whose gender is unknown.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "pronoun",
"cat2": "indefinite pronouns"
},
"expansion": "mensch",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"German entries with incorrect language header",
"German indefinite pronouns",
"German informal terms",
"German lemmas",
"German pronouns",
"German slang",
"German terms with homophones",
"German terms with quotations",
"German terms with rare senses",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Requests for translations of German quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2000, Jan Schwarzmeier, Die Autonomen zwischen Subkultur und sozialer Bewegung, →ISBN, page 66:",
"text": "„Nichtverhandeln war mehr ein Gefühl, daß mit dem Staat eh nichts vernünftiges anzufangen ist, daß mensch nur übers Ohr gehauen wird, wenn mensch sich auf Gespräche mit den Regierenden einläßt […]“",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Sandra Glammeier, Zwischen Verleiblichter Herrschaft und Widerstand, →ISBN, page 92:",
"text": "Dies ist nach Landweer (1999: 45) aber nur möglich, wenn mensch sich irgendeine noch so vage Verantwortung dafür zuschreibt, Objekt von Demütigung geworden zu sein.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2013, Werner Ablass, ZEN: ohne wie ein Huhn auf der Stange zu sitzen, →ISBN, page 233:",
"text": "ZEN könnte unerwähnt bleiben, wenn mensch sich in seinem natürlichen Zustand erfahren würde.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"one, they (indefinite third-person singular pronoun)"
],
"links": [
[
"indefinite",
"indefinite"
],
[
"one",
"one"
],
[
"they",
"they"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(indefinite, informal, slang, rare) one, they (indefinite third-person singular pronoun)"
],
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"informal",
"rare",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɛnʃ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[mɛnʃ]"
},
{
"ipa": "[mɛntʃ]"
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/De-Mensch.ogg"
},
{
"homophone": "Mensch"
}
],
"word": "mensch"
}
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