mensch

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mensch

/mɛnt͡ʃ/

Rhymes with -ɛnʃ, -ɛntʃ

Where it comes from

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.

noun mensches · menschen · mensh · mentsch · mentsh · mentch

A person of strength, integrity, and honor or compassion; a gentleman. […]Scott Nearing was a grand old man a real mensch[…]

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noun person of strength, integrity and compassion

Français	homme de bien
Deutsch	Ehrenmann

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@misc{mensch_2026,
  title = {mensch},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mensch},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}