Menschenkind
German, noun/ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌkɪnt/
Menschenkind is spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N-K-I-N-D (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 86,281st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menschenkind is a German neuter noun meaning “human child” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Kind”.
What does Menschenkind mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterhuman child
- 2
neuterhuman, man
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Kind 2. ein Mensch mit einer speziellen, herausragenden Eigenschaft 3. ein Mensch, speziell in seiner (kindlichen, allgemein menschlichen) Verletzlichkeit
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 Menschenkind
- Menschenkindes genitive
- Menschenkinds genitive
- Menschenkinder plural
- Menschenkinde dative singular
- Menschenkindern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Menschenkind?
- /ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌkɪnt/
- [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌkɪnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Menschenkind in German?
Menschenkind appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).