människa

See also: manniska

Swedish edit

From Old Swedish mænniskia, from Old Saxon mennisko, from the weak inflection of Proto-Germanic *manniskaz. Compare the synonym mänska (less common, informal), which is also from the weak inflection of *manniskaz, but via Old Norse menska and not via Old Saxon.

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a human
människor och djur
humans and animals
1. a person, (in the plural) people
  Tre människor skadades i olyckan
  Three people were injured in the accident
  
  Det står en massa människor där borta
  There is a bunch of people standing over there
2. (in the plural) mankind
  Jag skulle ljuga om jag sade att jag älskar människorna
  I would be lying if I said that I love mankind
(in the definite) man (as a species), mankind, humankind
Att människan är ett djur kan ingen neka, ty hon har hjärta, hår, kött, ben och ådror, genom vilka blod och vätskor drivas fram och åter
No one can deny that man is an animal, because she has a heart, hair, flesh, bones and veins, through which blood and fluids are driven forth and back

(Carl Linnaeus, modernized spelling)