Mann
German, noun/man/
Mann is spelled M-A-N-N (4 letters) and appears 537 times per million words in written German, the 176th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mann is a German masculine noun meaning “man, male human being” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “erwachsener, männlicher Mensch”.
What does Mann mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineman, male human being
Da er ihn nicht in der Sonne aber auch nicht im Schatten bringen lassen sollte, befahl er dem Manne, den Topf an die Spitze eines Stockes zu binden und mit einem dünnen Gewande zu bedecken. Since he was not supposed to let it be brought in
- 2
masculinehusband
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. erwachsener, männlicher Mensch 2. verheiratete, männliche Person in Beziehung zu der anderen Ehepartei 3. allgemeiner Zahlklassifikator für Personen 4. Ausruf des Erstaunens oder der Verärgerung
suffix: 1. nachgestelltes Wortbildungselement zur Ableitung von Substantiven
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 Mann
- Mannes genitive
- Manns genitive
- Männer plural
- Mannen plural poetic rare
- Männchen diminutive neuter
- Männlein diminutive neuter
- Männle diminutive neuter
- Mannli diminutive neuter
- Männeken diminutive neuter
- Mandl diminutive neuter
- Manderl diminutive neuter
- Männin feminine
- Manne dative singular
- Männern dative definite plural
- Man alternative obsolete
- Männe diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mann?
- /man/
- [man]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Mann
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Mann in German?
Mann appears 537 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).