Menschenfeind
German, noun/ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌfaɪ̯nt/
Menschenfeind is spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N-F-E-I-N-D (13 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 99,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menschenfeind is a German masculine noun meaning “misanthrope (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mensch, der Menschen hasst/verachtet”.
What does Menschenfeind mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemisanthrope (male or of unspecified gender)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mensch, der Menschen hasst/verachtet
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 Menschenfeind
- Menschenfeindes genitive
- Menschenfeinds genitive
- Menschenfeinde plural
- Menschenfeindin feminine
- Menschenfeinden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Menschenfeind?
- /ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌfaɪ̯nt/
- [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌfaɪ̯nt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Menschenfeind
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Menschenfeind in German?
Menschenfeind appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).