Menschenjagd
German, noun/ˈmɛnʃənˌjaːkt/
Menschenjagd is spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N-J-A-G-D (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 92,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menschenjagd is a German feminine noun meaning “a hunt or search for defenceless people (in order to kill, rape, enslave etc.), manhunt (in this sense)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Jagd auf/Verfolgung von Menschen”.
What does Menschenjagd mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfemininea hunt or search for defenceless people (in order to kill, rape, enslave etc.), manhunt (in this sense)
Im ganzen Land waren Todesschwadronen auf Menschenjagd.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jagd auf/Verfolgung von 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 Menschenjagd
- Menschenjagden plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Menschenjagd?
- /ˈmɛnʃənˌjaːkt/
- /-ˌja(ː)xt/
- [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌjaːkt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Menschenjagd
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Menschenjagd in German?
Menschenjagd 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).