mensch
Pronunciations
mensch | (MENSH) | listen |
Definitions
n. An upright, honorable person.
n. A human being.
Example Sentences
"Robert is such a mensch. Not only does he volunteer at the old age home, but he even goes out of his way to help his friends move."
“Come on, act like a mentsh.” (NJY)
“After all, he is a mentsh, not an animal.” (NJY)
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
מענטש mentsh
- Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
- Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
- Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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Alternative Spellings
mentsch, mensh, mench, mentsh, mentch
Notes
Plural menschen, mensches.
See also menschlich and menschlichkeit.
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