מענטש

Yiddish

Etymology

From Old High German mennisko.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mɛnt͡ʃ]

Noun

מענטש • (mentsh) m, plural מענטשן‎ (mentshn)

man
mensch; an honorable person; a gentleman
.זײַן שוואָגער איז אַ מענטש‎
Zayn shvoger iz a mentsh.
His brother-in-law is a mensch.

Derived terms

Terms derived from מענטש (mentsh)

אָרעמ־מענטש‎ (orem-mentsh, “poor woman”)
לופֿטמענטש‎ (luftmentsh, “person without a definite occpation; idler”)

מענטשהייט‎ (mentshheyt, “mankind, humanity”)
מענטשיש‎ (mentshish, “human; decent”)

מענטשלעך‎ (mentshlekh, “humane; human (ideally)”)
מענטשלעכקייט‎ (mentshlekhkeyt, “humanity; humaneness”)

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