MENSCH Definition & Meaning

mensch

[ mench ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Informal.

plural menschen mensches.

a decent, upright, mature, and responsible person.

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51�Թ� 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

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“I can’t say enough about her as a person, other than that the woman is truly a mensch,” he said to introduce her.

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Sting called Moss “an elder brother, a wise head, a man’s man and a mensch.”

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He does get to channel his inner mensch, though, in the new Nicole Holofcener movie, “You Hurt My Feelings,” as he also did in “The Humans,” a hit on Broadway in 2016.

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“He was really like a mensch,” she said.

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With what might seem like a minimum of effort, given the containment of his performance, Schreiber succeeds in making us see Otto as both a mensch and a man.

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