Männeken
See also: manneken
Bergish
Further reading
- H. K. vam Hingberg (that's H. Kühne), Ut auler un neier Tied. Erzählungen in niederdeutscher Mundart [From old and new times (in Low Franconian, more specifically Mölmsch). Stories in Low German dialect (in Standard High German)], 1872 (vol. I p. 19, vol. II p. 101f., vol. III p. 96)
German
Etymology
Borrowed from German Low German Männeken; analyzable as Mann + -ken with additional e. Compare Dutch manneken.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛnəkən/
Noun
Männeken n (strong, genitive Männekens, plural Männeken or Männekens or Männekes)
- (regional, Northern Germany, chiefly colloquial) Diminutive of Mann, usually pejorative
- Der hat sich da aufgespielt! Und dabei war das nur so’n Männeken von ’nem knappen Meter siebzig.
- He was acting so cocky! And actually he was just this little man, not even 1.7 meters tall.
- Die paar Männeken können uns doch nix...
- Those handful of guys can do nothing to us...
Declension
Declension of Männeken [neuter, strong]
Low German
Alternative forms
- männeken (uncommon, chiefly scientific)
Usage notes
- The plural Männekens occurs in Mecklenburgisch and Lippisch, Männekes in Bentheimisch (Bentheim) and Southern Westphalian (Märkisch as written down by Friedrich Woeste, who was from Iserlohn; Hamm), Männeken in Schleswig-Holsteinisch (Schinkel)
Synonyms
- Männken
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