mensch

[ mench ]

/ mɛntʃ /

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noun, plural mensch·en [men-chuhn], /ˈmɛn tʃən/, mensch·es.Informal.

a decent, upright, mature, and responsible person.

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Origin of mensch

First recorded in 1910–15; from Yiddish mentsh “man, human being,” from Middle High German mensch (German Mensch ), from Old High German mennisco, mannisco; see man, -ish¹

Words nearby mensch

menotropins, Menotti, men's, mensa, mensal, mensch, mense, menservants, menses, Menshevik, mens rea

How to use mensch in a sentence

Jerry Siegel initially conceived Superman as a Nietzschean über-mensch with telepathic powers who was bent on world domination.
‘Man of Steel,’ New Superman Movie Starring Henry Cavill, Falls Flat|Marlow Stern|June 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
John Whittingdale, Philip Davies, and Louise Mensch did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Murdoch Reveals M.P. Meetings|Peter Jukes|April 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
His proposal is the work of a mensch and, no doubt, an act of love.
"Zionist BDS" is Not the Way to Save Israel|Noah Efron|March 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Yet in my mind it made him more than a politician, more than a musician; it made him a mensch.
Kinky for Perry|Kinky Friedman|August 24, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Which is when fate intervened by way of a casual conversation Tollett happened to have with Metallica's manager, Peter Mensch.
What's Hot at Coachella Music Fest|Chris Lee|April 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Zeitungsschreiber: ein Mensch, der seinen Beruf verfehlt hat—A journalist, a man who has mistaken his calling.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
A grsser Mensch is' wie a Feuer: sein mit ihm vun weiten, leucht' er un' waremt; vun nhnten, brennt er.
The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century|Leo Wiener
For, in the fine expression of Schiller, "Was verschmerzte nicht der mensch?"
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845|Various
In diesem Sinne ist der Mensch frei, sobald sich das Gewissen in ihm entwickelt.
A Lecture on the Study of History|Lord Acton
Mr. Mensch's statement regarding the retaining wall reinforced as shown at a, Fig. 2, is astounding.
Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design|Edward Godfrey