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man

pron · /man/ ·
Etymology

From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”).

Translation

  1. one, you, they (indefinite pronoun, referring to people at large; construed as a third-person singular)

    Man kann nicht immer kriegen, was man will.

    You can’t always get what you want.

    Manchmal muss man Kompromisse machen.

    Sometimes one must compromise.

    Zumindest sagt man das so...

    At least that’s what they say...

    Kann man es fühlen, wenn man schwanger ist?

    Can one feel that one is pregnant?

man

adv · /man/ ·
Etymology

From Middle Low German man. A contraction of Old Saxon newan (“none other than”). Compare a similar contraction in Dutch maar (“only”).

Translation

  1. just; only Northern-Germany, colloquial, regional

    Komm man hier rüber!

    Just come over here!

    Das sind man dreißig Stück oder so.

    These are only thirty or so.

MAN

name ·

Translation

  1. initialism of Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg (a German mechanical engineering company) abbreviation, alt-of, initialism