Menschengeschlecht
German, noun[ˈmɛnʃn̩ɡəˌʃlɛçt]
Menschengeschlecht is spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N-G-E-S-C-H-L-E-C-H-T (18 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 156,943rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menschengeschlecht is a German neuter noun meaning “humankind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesamtheit aller Menschen”.
What does Menschengeschlecht mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterhumankind
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gesamtheit aller Menschen 2. Gruppe von Menschen (eines Zeitalters, einer Abstammungslinie)
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 Menschengeschlecht
- Menschengeschlechtes genitive
- Menschengeschlechts genitive
- Menschengeschlechter plural
- Menschengeschlechte dative singular
- Menschengeschlechtern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Menschengeschlecht?
- [ˈmɛnʃn̩ɡəˌʃlɛçt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Menschengeschlecht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Menschengeschlecht in German?
Menschengeschlecht appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).