Talk:mensch

Is "mensch" informal?


 * Yes. --Neskaya talk 01:32, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Can it be used to refer to both men and women?
 * I would guess so, since it originally meant human or person, afaik. Wakuran 18:23, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

In German mensch has always means "human"
Clarification is needed here at the bolded part:
 * From Mensch (“human being”). Coined as (gender-neutral) alternative to man (“one”) for the same reason as frau, which see. Compare the use of they (vs she vs he) in English to refer to a generic or specific person whose gender is unknown

(Emphasis added by myself) --75.71.229.53 15:30, 21 May 2017 (UTC)
 * What are you not understanding, the use of the pronoun mensch, or the phrase which see? Correctrix (talk) 11:14, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
 * As a complete outsider: The clause "which see" makes no sense in this sentence.
 * And what in the world does it mean that "mensch" is "From Mensch"? Aren't these the same words? 73.181.18.73 20:38, 10 June 2022 (UTC)