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 being
a person, people; (as a count)
Tre människor skadades i olyckan.
Three people were injured in the accident.
(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 definite form) mankind, humankind, man as a species
Att människan är ett djur kan ingen neka, ty hon har hjärta, hår, kött, ben och ådrar, genom vilka blod och vätskor drivas fram och åter.
Noone 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)