mensch

[ mench ]

noun

, Informal.

, plural mensch·en [men, -ch, uh, n], mensch·es.

1. a decent, upright, mature, and responsible person.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mensch¹

First recorded in 1910–15; from Yiddish mentsh “man, human being,” from Middle High German mensch ( German Mensch ), from Old High German mennisco, mannisco; man, -ish ¹

Example Sentences

Jerry Siegel initially conceived Superman as a Nietzschean über-mensch with telepathic powers who was bent on world domination.

From The Daily Beast

John Whittingdale, Philip Davies, and Louise Mensch did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

From The Daily Beast

His proposal is the work of a mensch and, no doubt, an act of love.

From The Daily Beast

Yet in my mind it made him more than a politician, more than a musician; it made him a mensch.

From The Daily Beast

Which is when fate intervened by way of a casual conversation Tollett happened to have with Metallica's manager, Peter Mensch.

From The Daily Beast

Zeitungsschreiber: ein Mensch, der seinen Beruf verfehlt hat—A journalist, a man who has mistaken his calling.

From Project Gutenberg

A grsser Mensch is' wie a Feuer: sein mit ihm vun weiten, leucht' er un' waremt; vun nhnten, brennt er.

From Project Gutenberg

For, in the fine expression of Schiller, "Was verschmerzte nicht der mensch?"

From Project Gutenberg

In diesem Sinne ist der Mensch frei, sobald sich das Gewissen in ihm entwickelt.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Mensch's statement regarding the retaining wall reinforced as shown at a, Fig. 2, is astounding.

From Project Gutenberg