Männeken
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Bergish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]Männeken n
- (Mölmsch) diminutive of Mann
Further reading
[edit]- H. K. vam Hingberg (that's H. Kühne), Ut auler un neier Tied. Erzählungen in niederdeutscher Mundart [From old and new times (in Low Franconian, more specifically Mölmsch). Stories in Low German dialect (in Standard High German)], 1872 (vol. I p. 19, vol. II p. 101f., vol. III p. 96)
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Low German Männeken; analyzable as Mann + -ken with additional e. Compare Dutch manneken.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Männeken n (strong, genitive Männekens, plural Männeken or Männekens or Männekes)
- (regional, Northern Germany, chiefly colloquial) diminutive of Mann, usually pejorative
- Der hat sich da aufgespielt! Und dabei war das nur so’n Männeken von ’nem knappen Meter siebzig.
- He was acting so cocky! And actually he was just this little man, not even 1.7 meters tall.
- Die paar Männeken können uns doch nix...
- Those handful of guys can do nothing to us...
Declension
[edit]Declension of Männeken [neuter, strong]
Related terms
[edit]Low German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- männeken (uncommon, chiefly scientific)
Etymology
[edit]From Mann (“man”) and -ken with an additional e.
Noun
[edit]Männeken n (plural Männekens or Männekes or Männeken)
- diminutive of Mann
Usage notes
[edit]- The plural Männekens occurs in Mecklenburgisch and Lippisch, Männekes in Bentheimisch (Bentheim) and Southern Westphalian (Märkisch as written down by Friedrich Woeste, who was from Iserlohn; Hamm), Männeken in Schleswig-Holsteinisch (Schinkel)
Synonyms
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- Bergish terms suffixed with -ken
- Bergish lemmas
- Bergish nouns
- Bergish neuter nouns
- Mölmsch Bergish
- Bergish diminutive nouns
- German terms borrowed from German Low German
- German terms derived from German Low German
- German terms suffixed with -ken
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German neuter nouns
- Regional German
- Northern German
- German colloquialisms
- German diminutive nouns
- German terms with usage examples
- Low German lemmas
- Low German nouns
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- Low German diminutive nouns