mensch

mensch meaning in Tamil and Bengali

Examples of mensch in a sentence

• Lionel Kessler, relaxing perhaps on a Louis Quinze day bed, garlanded all round with lines of beauty, seeing welcome proof that his clever maligned young friend was a mensch.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 428:
• She was a real mensch, […] a hard working person, who took pride in her job, which was to spray from an aerosol can a particular base.2008, Dwight S. Huggins, Into the Greenhouse Vol. VI: Dreams, →ISBN:

Forms of mensch

Plural of mensch: mensches or menschen

Origin of 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.

Words formed from mensch

• menschlike
• menschy

Questions about mensch

What does mensch mean?

Mensch means a person of strength, integrity, and honor or compassion; a gentleman.

What is mensch in Tamil?

Mensch in Tamil is பொறுப்பு மாந்தர். See Mensch meaning in Tamil.

How do you use mensch in a sentence?

Lionel Kessler, relaxing perhaps on a Louis Quinze day bed, garlanded all round with lines of beauty, seeing welcome proof that his clever maligned young friend was a mensch.

What part of speech is mensch?

Mensch is a noun.

How do you pronounce mensch?

Mensch is pronounced /mɛnt͡ʃ/.

What is the plural of mensch?

The plural of mensch is mensches.