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mensch Definition

mensch (mens̸h, menc̸h)

noun pl. mensch′en--ən

a person, esp. a man, regarded as being honorable, decent, and responsible and having strength of character

Etymology: Yiddish < Ger, person < OHG mannisco, orig., human < mann, man + isc-, -ish

mensch Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • real: He was a real mensch: a decent and responsible person, a particularly good man of integrity and honor.
Mensch Quotes

   Alle anderen Dinge mu«  ssen; der Mensch ist das Wesen, welches will. All other things must; man is the being who wills.

—Schiller, Friedrich

Der Mensch ist, was er isst. Man is what he eats.

—Feuerbach, Ludwig