"menneske" meaning in Danish

See menneske in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɛnəskə/, [ˈmɛnn̩sɡ̊ə], [ˈmɛnsɡ̊ə]
Etymology: From Old Danish mænneskæ, borrowed from Old Saxon mennisko, from Proto-West Germanic *manniskō, cognate with German Mensch, Dutch mens (Swedish människa and late Old Norse manneskja are also borrowed from Old Saxon). The noun is derived form the Germanic adjective *manniskaz (“human”), compare Old Norse menskr, Old English mennisc, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (mannisks). This adjective is derived from the noun *mann- (“man, human”) (Danish mand). Etymology templates: {{inh|da|gmq-oda|mænneskæ}} Old Danish mænneskæ, {{der|da|osx|mennisko}} Old Saxon mennisko, {{der|da|gmw-pro|*manniskō}} Proto-West Germanic *manniskō, {{cog|de|Mensch}} German Mensch, {{cog|nl|mens}} Dutch mens, {{cog|sv|människa}} Swedish människa, {{cog|non|manneskja}} Old Norse manneskja, {{cog|non|menskr}} Old Norse menskr, {{cog|ang|mennisc}} Old English mennisc, {{cog|got|𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃}} Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (mannisks), {{cog|da|mand}} Danish mand Head templates: {{head|da|noun|singular definite|mennesket||{{{sg-def-2}}}|||plural indefinite|mennesker||{{{pl-indef-2}}}||{{{pl-indef-3}}}||{{{com}}}|f1accel-form=def|s|f4accel-form=indef|p|g=n|g2=|head=}} menneske n (singular definite mennesket, plural indefinite mennesker), {{da-noun|t|r}} menneske n (singular definite mennesket, plural indefinite mennesker) Inflection templates: {{da-decl|t|r|gen-pl-def-2=menneskenes|pl-def-2=menneskene}}, {{da-noun-infl-base|g=n|gen-pl-def=menneskernes|gen-pl-def-2=menneskenes|gen-pl-def-3=|gen-pl-indef=menneskers|gen-pl-indef-2=|gen-sg-def=menneskets|gen-sg-def-2=|gen-sg-indef=menneskes|gen-sg-indef-2=|gen-sg-indef-3=|pl-def=menneskerne|pl-def-2=menneskene|pl-def-3=|pl-indef=mennesker|pl-indef-2=|pl-indef-3=|sg-def=mennesket|sg-def-2=|sg-indef=menneske}} Forms: mennesket [definite, singular], mennesker [indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], menneske [indefinite, nominative, singular], mennesket [definite, nominative, singular], mennesker [indefinite, nominative, plural], menneskerne [definite, nominative, plural], menneskene [definite, nominative, plural], menneskes [genitive, indefinite, singular], menneskets [definite, genitive, singular], menneskers [genitive, indefinite, plural], menneskernes [definite, genitive, plural], menneskenes [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. human, human being, man (a member of the species Homo sapiens or related prehistoric species of the genus Homo) Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-menneske-da-noun-jlkxe2-c Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 20 6 23 10 10 10 2 18 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 7 20 9 9 11 2 22 1
  2. person, people (individuals of all genders and ages) Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-menneske-da-noun-osK4fKbu

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmq-oda",
        "3": "mænneskæ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Danish mænneskæ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "mennisko"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon mennisko",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*manniskō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *manniskō",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Mensch"
      },
      "expansion": "German Mensch",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "mens"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch mens",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "människa"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish människa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "manneskja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse manneskja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "menskr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse menskr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "mennisc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English mennisc",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (mannisks)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "mand"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish mand",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Danish mænneskæ, borrowed from Old Saxon mennisko, from Proto-West Germanic *manniskō, cognate with German Mensch, Dutch mens (Swedish människa and late Old Norse manneskja are also borrowed from Old Saxon). The noun is derived form the Germanic adjective *manniskaz (“human”), compare Old Norse menskr, Old English mennisc, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (mannisks). This adjective is derived from the noun *mann- (“man, human”) (Danish mand).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mennesket",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mennesker",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "da-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "menneske",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mennesket",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mennesker",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "menneskerne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "menneskene",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "menneskes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "menneskets",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "menneskers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "menneskernes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "menneskenes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "mennesker",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl-indef-2}}}",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{pl-indef-3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{com}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "singular definite",
        "4": "mennesket",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural indefinite",
        "f1accel-form": "def|s",
        "f4accel-form": "indef|p",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "menneske n (singular definite mennesket, plural indefinite mennesker)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "t",
        "2": "r"
      },
      "expansion": "menneske n (singular definite mennesket, plural indefinite mennesker)",
      "name": "da-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "t",
        "2": "r",
        "gen-pl-def-2": "menneskenes",
        "pl-def-2": "menneskene"
      },
      "name": "da-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "gen-pl-def": "menneskernes",
        "gen-pl-def-2": "menneskenes",
        "gen-pl-def-3": "",
        "gen-pl-indef": "menneskers",
        "gen-pl-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-def": "menneskets",
        "gen-sg-def-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef": "menneskes",
        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
        "pl-def": "menneskerne",
        "pl-def-2": "menneskene",
        "pl-def-3": "",
        "pl-indef": "mennesker",
        "pl-indef-2": "",
        "pl-indef-3": "",
        "sg-def": "mennesket",
        "sg-def-2": "",
        "sg-indef": "menneske"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl-base"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 6 23 10 10 10 2 18 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 7 20 9 9 11 2 22 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "human, human being, man (a member of the species Homo sapiens or related prehistoric species of the genus Homo)"
      ],
      "id": "en-menneske-da-noun-jlkxe2-c",
      "links": [
        [
          "human",
          "human"
        ],
        [
          "human being",
          "human being"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "Homo sapiens",
          "Homo sapiens"
        ],
        [
          "Homo",
          "Homo"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There were far too many people in the hall",
          "text": "Der var alt for mange mennesker i salen",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "person, people (individuals of all genders and ages)"
      ],
      "id": "en-menneske-da-noun-osK4fKbu",
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛnəskə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛnn̩sɡ̊ə]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛnsɡ̊ə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "menneske"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Danish lemmas",
    "Danish neuter nouns",
    "Danish nouns",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Danish",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Saxon",
    "Danish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Danish terms inherited from Old Danish",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmq-oda",
        "3": "mænneskæ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Danish mænneskæ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "mennisko"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon mennisko",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*manniskō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *manniskō",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Mensch"
      },
      "expansion": "German Mensch",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "mens"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch mens",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "människa"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish människa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "manneskja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse manneskja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "menskr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse menskr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "mennisc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English mennisc",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (mannisks)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "mand"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish mand",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Danish mænneskæ, borrowed from Old Saxon mennisko, from Proto-West Germanic *manniskō, cognate with German Mensch, Dutch mens (Swedish människa and late Old Norse manneskja are also borrowed from Old Saxon). The noun is derived form the Germanic adjective *manniskaz (“human”), compare Old Norse menskr, Old English mennisc, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (mannisks). This adjective is derived from the noun *mann- (“man, human”) (Danish mand).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mennesket",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mennesker",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "da-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "menneske",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mennesket",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mennesker",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "menneskerne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "menneskene",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "menneskes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "menneskets",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "menneskers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "menneskernes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "menneskenes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "mennesker",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl-indef-2}}}",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{pl-indef-3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{com}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "singular definite",
        "4": "mennesket",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural indefinite",
        "f1accel-form": "def|s",
        "f4accel-form": "indef|p",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "menneske n (singular definite mennesket, plural indefinite mennesker)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "t",
        "2": "r"
      },
      "expansion": "menneske n (singular definite mennesket, plural indefinite mennesker)",
      "name": "da-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "t",
        "2": "r",
        "gen-pl-def-2": "menneskenes",
        "pl-def-2": "menneskene"
      },
      "name": "da-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "gen-pl-def": "menneskernes",
        "gen-pl-def-2": "menneskenes",
        "gen-pl-def-3": "",
        "gen-pl-indef": "menneskers",
        "gen-pl-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-def": "menneskets",
        "gen-sg-def-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef": "menneskes",
        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
        "pl-def": "menneskerne",
        "pl-def-2": "menneskene",
        "pl-def-3": "",
        "pl-indef": "mennesker",
        "pl-indef-2": "",
        "pl-indef-3": "",
        "sg-def": "mennesket",
        "sg-def-2": "",
        "sg-indef": "menneske"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl-base"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "human, human being, man (a member of the species Homo sapiens or related prehistoric species of the genus Homo)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "human",
          "human"
        ],
        [
          "human being",
          "human being"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "Homo sapiens",
          "Homo sapiens"
        ],
        [
          "Homo",
          "Homo"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There were far too many people in the hall",
          "text": "Der var alt for mange mennesker i salen",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "person, people (individuals of all genders and ages)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛnəskə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛnn̩sɡ̊ə]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛnsɡ̊ə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "menneske"
}

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