mensch

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person (chiefly male) of strength, integrity, and honor or compassion; a gentleman.
    — […]Scott Nearing was a grand old man a real mensch[…]

词形变化

mensches plural menschen plural mensh alternative mentsch alternative mentsh alternative mentch alternative mench alternative

词源

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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