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mensch

mensch · mensches · menschen

Ehrenmann

A person of strength, integrity, and honor or compassionA person of strength, integrity, and honor or compassion; a gentleman.

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/mɛnt͡ʃ/

» Being a mensch means being responsible.

Meaning

1 senses

A person of strength, integrity, and honor or compassion; a gentleman.
Ehrenmann

More definitions

a decent responsible person with admirable characteristics

Examples

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Being a mensch means being responsible.
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Tom was a mensch.
ruТом был хорошим человеком.
deTom war ein guter Mensch.
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He's a mensch if I've ever seen one.
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Translations

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Deutsch

By meaning 1

person of strength, integrity and compassion:

Origin

From Yiddish מענטש (mentsh, “an honorable person”), from Middle High German mensch, mensch

From Yiddish מענטש (mentsh, “an honorable person”), from Middle High German mensch, mensche, mennische, from Old High German mennisko (“man, human being”), from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human”). The spelling mensch was influenced by German Mensch; compare the alternative spellings. Doublet of mennish; compare also mense. For the semantics, compare Latin humanē (“kindly, courteously”), English humane.

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