מענטש
Yiddish
Etymology
From Old High German mennisko.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɛnt͡ʃ]
Noun
מענטש • (mentsh) m, plural מענטשן (mentshn)
- human
- יעדער מענטש ווערט געבוירן פֿרײַ און גלײַך אין כּבֿוד און רעכט.
- Yeder mentsh vert geboyrn fray un glaykh in koved un rekht.
- Every human being is born free and equal in dignity and rights.
- 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
- 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”)