German noun, masculine · CEFR A2

der Mensch

Meaning in English: human being, person

Rank 922 of 5,000noun · derLevel A22 forms in the list
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Example

Er ist ein sehr netter Mensch.

He is a very nice person.

Der, die or das?

Mensch is masculine: der Mensch. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Mensch in the top 5,000

These forms of Mensch are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:

Menschen#69
people, human beingsA1

In der Stadt leben viele junge Menschen.
Lots of young people live in the city.

How common is Mensch?

Mensch is number 922 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 96 times per million words — about once every 10,000 words. Its most frequent form is Menschen (#69).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 64% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.

Related words in the list

Words built on Mensch:

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 918andererother, another; different
  2. 919der Anbieterprovider, supplier
  3. 920benötigenneed, require
  4. 921sogenanntenso-called
  5. 922der Menschhuman being, person
  6. 923beteiligteninvolved
  7. 924die Prüfungexam, test; inspection
  8. 925hießwas called
  9. 926ziehenpull; move (house)

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