man
German (Berlin)
/man/
pronoun
Definitions
- one, you indefinite pronoun, construed as a third-person singular
- they, people people in general
- someone, somebody some unspecified person
- they some unspecified group of people
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German man (man) inherited from Old High German man inherited from *mann inherited from Proto-Germanic *mann- (man, person, human, human being) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (man, neck, nape).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mon-
Gloss
man, neck, nape
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
男, 夫, 士
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- one English
- manus Latin
- montānus Latin
- Mann German
- Spielmann German
- irgendjemand German
- je German
- jemand German
- men Dutch, Flemish
- on French
- *man- Proto-Indo-European
- *mon- Proto-Indo-European
- *mánu- Proto-Indo-European
- *laidō Proto-Germanic
- *mann- Proto-Germanic
- *manniskaz Proto-Germanic
- *manniz Proto-Germanic
- *manō Proto-Germanic
- mann Old English
- मनुष्य Sanskrit
- मन्या Sanskrit
- makki Old Norse
- mann Old Norse
- maðr Old Norse
- almen Danish
- *mǫžь Proto-Slavic
- hom Old French
- oni Esperanto
- hom Catalan, Valencian
- men Middle Dutch
- man Old High German
- houbetman Middle High German
- jeman Middle High German
- man Middle High German
- niwan Middle High German
- Mann Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- nëmmen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 Gothic
- מאַן Yiddish
- *mann gmw-pro
- man Old Dutch
- *monis Proto-Celtic
- man Cimbrian
- mann Cimbrian
- månn Cimbrian
- *manušyás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- man Old Saxon
- Maa Alemannic German
- Mann Alemannic German
- Mànn Alemannic German
- ma Alemannic German
- mo Alemannic German
- mà Alemannic German
- man Old Frisian
- mon Old Frisian
- on Volapük
- men Mòcheno
- mònn Mòcheno
- Mann Pennsylvania German
- Mann Hunsrik
- mon Bavarian
- moon Bavarian
- mònn Bavarian
- hom Old Catalan
- Moan East Central German