Frühmensch
German, noun/ˈfryːˌmɛnʃ/
Frühmensch is a German masculine noun meaning “prehuman (member of the genus Homo before Homo sapiens)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vertreter einer frühen Entwicklungsstufe des Menschen”.
What does Frühmensch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprehuman (member of the genus Homo before Homo sapiens)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vertreter einer frühen Entwicklungsstufe des Menschen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Frühmensch
- Frühmenschen genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Frühmensch?
- /ˈfryːˌmɛnʃ/
- [ˈfʁyːˌmɛnʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Frühmensch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Frühmensch in German?
Frühmensch appears about once in every 74 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).