mensch

[mench]

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

a decent, upright, mature, and responsible person.

Origin of mensch

1950–55; < Yiddish mentsh man, human being < Middle High German mensch (German Mensch), Old High German mennisco, mannisco; see man¹, -ish¹

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Historical Examples of menschen

Um dem guten und gerechten Menschen meine triumphierende Sicherheit zu geben.
The Forerunners
Romain Rolland
Stilling elsewhere says: "Schade, dass so wenige diesen vortrefflichen Menschen seinem Herzen nach kennen!"
The Youth of Goethe
Peter Hume Brown
Gott hilft nur dann, wenn Menschen nicht mehr helfen—God comes to our help only when there is no more help for us in man.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources
James Wood
Doch es freut mich, Dinge poetisch durchzusetzen, an deren poetischer Darstellbarkeit wohl die meisten Menschen verzweifeln.
Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry
Wilhelm Alfred Braun
"Hin zu den kalten Menschen flieh'" is almost Schubertian in its spontaneity.
Richard Wagner
John F. Runciman

Word Origin and History for menschen

mensch

"person of strength and honor," 1907, from Yiddish, from German Mensch, literally "man, person," from Old High German mennisco "human," from Proto-Germanic adjective *manniska- "human" (see mannish).