"mens" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /mɛns/ Audio: Nl-mens.ogg Forms: mensen [plural], mensje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɛns Etymology: From Middle Dutch mensche, from Old Dutch mennisko, a substantivised form of the adjective *mennisk (“human, humanlike”), from Proto-West Germanic *mannisk, from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|mensche}} Middle Dutch mensche, {{inh|nl|odt|mennisko}} Old Dutch mennisko, {{m|odt|*mennisk||human, humanlike}} *mennisk (“human, humanlike”), {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*mannisk}} Proto-West Germanic *mannisk, {{der|nl|gem-pro|*manniskaz}} Proto-Germanic *manniskaz Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-en|mensje}} mens m (plural mensen, diminutive mensje n)
  1. human, any member of the species Homo sapiens Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Hominids
    Sense id: en-mens-nl-noun-c10oJ8w~ Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 88 11 2
  2. person Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-mens-nl-noun-OKgeh-eW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: persoon [person], mensch [obsolete]
Derived forms: aapmens, binnenmens, buitenmens, dorpsmens, godmens, goedmens, halfmens, manmens, medemens, mensbeeld, mensdom, menselijk, menselijkheid, menseneter, mensenhandel, mensenmens, mensensmokkel, mensheid, mensonterend, menswaardig, natuurmens, oermens, onmens, paardmens, stadsmens, tussenmens, vakmens, vrouwmens

Noun

IPA: /mɛns/ Audio: Nl-mens.ogg Forms: mensen [plural], mensje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɛns Etymology: From Middle Dutch mensche, from Old Dutch mennisko, a substantivised form of the adjective *mennisk (“human, humanlike”), from Proto-West Germanic *mannisk, from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|mensche}} Middle Dutch mensche, {{inh|nl|odt|mennisko}} Old Dutch mennisko, {{m|odt|*mennisk||human, humanlike}} *mennisk (“human, humanlike”), {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*mannisk}} Proto-West Germanic *mannisk, {{der|nl|gem-pro|*manniskaz}} Proto-Germanic *manniskaz Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-en|mensje}} mens n (plural mensen, diminutive mensje n)
  1. (informal, derogatory) woman Tags: derogatory, informal, neuter Synonyms (woman): secreet, wijf
    Sense id: en-mens-nl-noun-zy5b~x7w
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mensch [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "form": "mensje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "mensje"
      },
      "expansion": "mens n (plural mensen, diminutive mensje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mens"
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch derogatory terms",
        "Dutch informal terms",
        "Dutch terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "That woman really annoys me.",
          "text": "Dat mens werkt me echt op de zenuwen.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, derogatory) woman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "informal",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛns/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛns"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-mens.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6e/Nl-mens.ogg/Nl-mens.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Nl-mens.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "woman",
      "word": "secreet"
    },
    {
      "sense": "woman",
      "word": "wijf"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "mensch"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mens"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Dutch dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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