der Mensch
person, human being
The 90th most frequent word in German, appearing about 957 times per million words.
- Article
- der
- Plural
- die Menschen
- Type
- noun
- Frequency rank
- #90
- Per million words
- 957
In a sentence
Viele Menschen warten hier.Many people are waiting here.
Declension
How der Mensch changes across the four German cases. The article changes with the case, which is why the gender is worth learning with the noun itself.
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | der Mensch | die Menschen |
| Accusative | den Menschen | die Menschen |
| Dative | dem Menschen | den Menschen |
| Genitive | des Menschen | der Menschen |
der Mensch is a weak noun: it takes -n in every case except the nominative singular. Getting this wrong is one of the most common beginner mistakes.
Related words
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Practise this word
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