See Mensch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "Menschengeschlecht"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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],
[
"rah",
"rah"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɛnʃ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[mɛnʃ]"
},
{
"ipa": "[mɛnt͡ʃ]"
},
{
"audio": "De-Mensch.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b5/De-Mensch.ogg/De-Mensch.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/De-Mensch.ogg"
},
{
"audio": "De-Mensch2.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/df/De-Mensch2.ogg/De-Mensch2.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/De-Mensch2.ogg"
},
{
"homophone": "mensch"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Mann"
},
{
"alt": "mannomann",
"word": "Mannomann"
},
{
"alt": "Manno",
"word": "manno"
},
{
"word": "menno"
},
{
"word": "krass"
}
],
"word": "Mensch"
}
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