Menschenverstand
German, noun/ˈmɛnʃn̩fɛɐ̯ˌʃtant/
Menschenverstand is spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N-V-E-R-S-T-A-N-D (16 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 19,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menschenverstand is a German masculine noun meaning “human reason” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Auffassung/Einschätzung der Dinge durch den Menschen”.
What does Menschenverstand mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehuman reason
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Auffassung/Einschätzung der Dinge durch den 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 Menschenverstand
- Menschenverstandes genitive
- Menschenverstands genitive
- Menschenverstande dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Menschenverstand?
- /ˈmɛnʃn̩fɛɐ̯ˌʃtant/
- [ˈmɛnʃn̩fɛɐ̯ˌʃtant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Menschenverstand in German?
Menschenverstand appears 2.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).