Männin
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛnɪn/
- Hyphenation: Män‧nin
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Noun
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- (biblical) woman
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) 1545, Martin Luther, Luther Bible, Genesis 2:23 (with KJV translation)
- Da sprach der Mensch: Das ist doch Bein von meinem Bein und Fleisch von meinem Fleisch; man wird sie Männin heißen, darum daß sie vom Manne genommen ist.
- And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) 1545, Martin Luther, Luther Bible, Genesis 2:23 (with KJV translation)
- (rare) manly woman
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Further reading
- “Männin” in Duden online
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