Männeken
See also: manneken
Bergish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
Männeken n
- (Mölmsch) Diminutive of Mann
Further reading edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Low German Männeken; analyzable as Mann + -ken with additional e. Compare Dutch manneken.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
Declension of Männeken [neuter, strong]
Related terms edit
Low German edit
Alternative forms edit
- männeken (uncommon, chiefly scientific)
Etymology edit
From Mann (“man”) and -ken with an additional e.
Noun edit
Männeken n (plural Männekens or Männekes or Männeken)
- Diminutive of Mann
Usage notes edit
- 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)