Menschenkenntnis
German, noun[ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌkɛntnɪs]
Menschenkenntnis is spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N-K-E-N-N-T-N-I-S (16 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,012th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menschenkenntnis is a German feminine noun meaning “knowledge of human nature” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fähigkeit, Menschen richtig beurteilen zu können”.
What does Menschenkenntnis mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineknowledge of human nature
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fähigkeit, Menschen richtig beurteilen zu können
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 Menschenkenntnis
- Menschenkenntnisse plural
- Menschenkenntnissen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Menschenkenntnis?
- [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌkɛntnɪs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Menschenkenntnis in German?
Menschenkenntnis appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).