mann

See also: männ, Mann, and Mànn

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• man, månn

Etymology

From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

Cognate with German Mann, Dutch man, English man, Icelandic maður, Swedish man, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 (manna).

Noun

mann m (plural manne, diminutive ménle) (Sette Comuni)

1. man
2. husband

Declension

Declension of mann – 1st declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	an	dar	mann	de	manne
accusative	an	in	mann	de	manne
dative	aname	me	manne	in	mannen

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
• “mann” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Cornish

Alternative forms

• màn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mæn]

Adverb

mann

1. at all

Noun

mann m

1. nothing, nil

Numeral

mann

1. zero

Faroese

Noun

mann

1. accusative singular of maður

Gothic

Romanization

mann

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽

Icelandic

Noun

mann m

1. indefinite accusative singular of maður

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Backformation from the comparative manner, from Middle High German minder, from Old High German minniro (“less; fewer”), from Proto-West Germanic *minniʀō, from Proto-Germanic *minnizô, and/or reinterpretation (as a positive) of Old High German min (“less”), from Proto-Germanic *minniz, adverbial form of the former.

Compare the same in Dutch min. The Luxembourgish vocalism is regular through -i- → -a- in closed syllables.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑn/
• Rhymes: -ɑn
• Homophone: Mann

Adjective

mann (masculine mann, neuter mann, comparative manner, superlative am mannsten)

1. little, few

Usage notes

• The positive and comparative forms are indeclinable and cannot be preceded by articles or determiners. The superlative is declined in the normal way.

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Norn

Etymology

From Old Norse maðr.

Noun

mann m

1. man
2. married man
3. master of the house

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish mand (pre-1907 Riksmål spelling), from Old Norse mann, accusative case of maðr (“man”) (compare the accusative of Icelandic maður). Originally the word only had the sense "human" but later changed to primarily designate an adult male, the original meaning being replaced by words such as menneske and person. Believed to ultimately be from Proto-Germanic *mann-, stemming from the Proto-Indo-European *man- (a root). Cognate with Swedish man, Danish mand, Faroese and Icelandic maður, English man and many others.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑnː/
• Homophone: man
• Rhymes: -ɑnː

Noun

mann m (definite singular mannen, indefinite plural menn, definite plural mennene)

1. a man (adult male human being)

   Det sitter tre menn og to kvinner i styret. ― There are three men and two women on the board.

2. (mostly in regular sayings and idioms) A human being, person

   Den vanlige mann ― The man in the street, the ordinary citizen

   Gå ned med mann og mus ― Be lost with all hands (literally, “Go down with man and mouse”)

3. A person with certain praiseworthy qualities, often used about males

   Være mann nok for ― Be a man enough for

   Være en mann ― Be a man

4. One's husband (see also ektemann)

   Hun mistet mannen sin i en ulykke for tre år siden. ― She lost her husband in an accident three years ago.

Alternative forms

• mand

Synonyms

• adam
• fyr
• gubbe
• hann
• herre
• kar
• mannfolk
• menneske

 

Derived terms

• adelsmann
• attentatmann
• bergmann
• brannmann
• drapsmann
• drømmemann
• ektemann
• embetsmann
• en mann for sitt ord
• engelskmann
• enkemann
• finansmann
• formann
• forretningsmann
• franskmann
• gjerningsmann
• handelsmann
• herremann
• i manns minne
• idrettsmann
• ingenmannsland
• ja, så menn!
• kinamann
• kjøpmann
• landsmann
• lekmann
• levemann
• likemann
• manndom
• mannfolk
• mannhull
• mannsdominert
• mannskap
• medisinmann
• mellommann
• menigmann
• moromann
• målmann
• nordmann
• opphavsmann
• oppsynsmann
• politimann
• rikmann
• rådmann
• sistemann
• sjømann
• spellemann
• spillemann
• statsmann
• steinaldermann
• stormann
• stuntmann
• styrmann
• sysselmann
• takstmann
• talsmann
• tjenestemann
• tredjemann
• tømmermann
• valgmann
• vitenskapsmann
• voldtektsmann

 

References

• “mann” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• mannj, mainn, mainnj (eye dialect spellings)

Etymology

From Old Norse mann, accusative case of maðr (“man”) (compare the accusative of the Icelandic maður). Originally the word only had the sense "human" but later changed to primarily designate an adult male, the original meaning being replaced by words such as menneske and person. Believed to ultimately be from Proto-Germanic *mann-, stemming from the Proto-Indo-European *man- (a root). Cognate with Swedish man, Danish mand, Faroese and Icelandic maður, English man and many others.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manː/, (palatalisation) /maɲː/
• Rhymes: -anː

Noun

mann m (definite singular mannen, indefinite plural menn, definite plural mennene)

1. man (adult male human being)
2. (mostly in regular sayings and idioms) human being, person
3. person with certain praiseworthy qualities, often used about males
4. husband (see also ektemann)

Inflection

  Declension of mann (strong consonant-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mann	mannen	menn	mennene
compound-genitive	manns-	―	manne-	―

Historical inflection of mann indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural Aasen1 Mann Mannen Menner Mennerne 1901 menner (mennar) mennerne (mennane) 1917 menner mennene2, mennerne 1920 menn, menner 1938 mennene 2012 (current) mann mannen menn mennene Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2Form allowed for schoolchildren as of 1910.

Synonyms

• fyr
• gubbe
• herre
• kall
• kar
• mannfolk
• menneske
• sjølven
• type

 

Derived terms

• adelsmann
• allemann
• altmoglegmann
• amtmann
• andremann
• ankermann
• annanmann
• arbeidsmann
• attentatmann
• austmann
• bakmann
• banemann
• bankmann
• bergingsmann
• bergmann
• bestemann
• bladmann
• bokmann
• borgsmann
• brannmann
• brotsmann
• busemann
• buskmann
• bymann
• daudmann
• drapsmann
• eidsvollsmann
• ein mann for sitt ord
• ektemann
• embetsmann
• engelskmann
• enkemann
• ettermann
• fagmann
• farmann
• fattigmann
• ferdamann
• ferjemann
• festarmann
• finansmann
• formann
• forretningsmann
• franskmann
• frelsarmann
• froskemann
• fylkesmann
• fyrstemann
• giftingsmann
• gjerningsmann
• gudsmann
• hallomann
• handelsmann
• havmann
• heidersmann
• herremann
• hinmann
• hirdmann
• hjåsetemann
• hoffmann
• husmann
• høvedsmann
• i manns minne
• idrettsmann
• ingenmannsland
• ja, så menn!
• jamann
• jarnmann
• kakemann
• kameramann
• karmann
• kinamann
• kjøpmann
• kristenmann
• lagmann
• lagrettemann
• landsmann
• langemann
• lekmann
• lensmann
• levemann
• likemann
• linjemann
• lovseiemann
• lyktemann
• mangmann
• mann og mann imellom
• manna, manne
• manndom
• mannebarn
• mannebein
• mannedaude
• mannefall
• manneheim
• mannekropp
• manneleg
• mannemann
• mannemild
• mannevett
• mannevond
• manneætt
• mannsdominert
• mannskap
• medisinmann
• meklingsmann
• mellommann
• minstemann
• moromann
• mostermann
• mørkemann
• målmann
• nordmann
• odelsmann
• oldermann
• ombodsmann
• opphavsmann
• oppsynsmann
• overmann
• politimann
• postmann
• ransmann
• rikmann
• rådmann
• sistemann
• sjømann
• skuldmann
• snømann
• spelemann
• spåmann
• statsmann
• steinaldermann
• stormann
• stortingsmann
• stridsmann
• stråmann
• stuntmann
• styrmann
• supermann
• sysselmann
• såmann
• takstmann
• talsmann
• tenestemann
• tilsynsmann
• tredjemann
• trollmann
• tømmermann
• umann
• undermann
• valmann
• varamann
• veidemann
• vêrmann
• vestmann
• villmann
• vingardsmann
• vismann
• vitskapsmann
• yngstemann

 

References

• “mann” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

• ᛗ (m), man, monn, mon, manna

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-. Cognate with Old Frisian mon, Old Saxon mann, Old Dutch man, Old High German man, Old Norse maðr, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 (manna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑnː/

Noun

mann m (nominative plural menn)

1. person

   Man biþ mann þurh ōðre menn.

   One is a person through other people.

   Wē menn wǣron on wambum ġesmiðode ealdra steorrena.

   We humans were forged in the bellies of ancient stars.

   • c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

     Ǣġðer is mann ġe wer ġe wīf.

     A person is either male or female.

   • c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday"

     God ġesċōp æt fruman twēġen menn, wer and wīf.

     In the beginning, God created two human beings, a man and a woman.

   • 11th century, anonymous fragment of a Life of Saint Mildred

     Wæs hēo swīðe ġemyndgu þæt wē eall of twām mannum cōmon.

     She always remembered that we all came from two people.

   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of The Consolation of Philosophy

     Þā cwæþ hē, "Wāst þū hwæt mann sīe?" Þā cwæþ iċ, "Iċ wāt þæt hit biþ sāwol and līchama."

     Then he said, "Do you know what a person is?" So I said, "I know it's a soul and a body."

   • "The Wife's Lament"

     Ongunnon þæt þæs mannes māgas hyċġan þurh dierne ġeþōht þæt hīe tōdǣlden unc.

     The person's relatives began to think of a secret plan to separate us.

   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 24:38-39

     On þǣm dagum ǣr þǣm flōde wǣron menn etende and drincende, and wīfiġende and ġifte sellende, ōþ þone dæġ þe Nōe on þā earċe ēode, and hīe nysson ǣr sē flōd cōm and nam hīe ealle.

     In the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they didn't know until the flood came and took them all.

2. man meaning mankind

   Mann biþ menn wulf.

   Man is a wolf to man.

   Þing sind on weorolde þe sē mann nǣfre witan ne sċolde.

   There are things in the world man was never meant to know.

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, translation of Genesis 1:27

     God ġesċōp mann tō his anlīcnesse.

     God created man in his image.

   • c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Lord's Ascension"

     Sē mann hæfþ sum þing ġemǣne mid ealre ġesċeafte.

     Man has something in common with all of creation.

3. (rare or non-literary) man meaning adult male
4. the rune ᛗ, representing the sound /m/

Usage notes

• Unlike in Modern English, this word rarely refers specifically to males. For such cases, wer is far more common.

Declension

Declension of mann (strong consonant stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mann	menn
accusative	mann	menn
genitive	mannes	manna
dative	menn	mannum

Synonyms

• guma

Hyponyms

• ċild
• wer
• wīf

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ambehtmann (“servant”)
• æhtemann (“serf”)
• ælmesmann (“beggar”)
• ǣmenne (“empty”)
• æsċmann (“sailor, pirate”)
• brimmann (“sailor”)
• carlmann (“man, male”)
• ċēapmann (“merchant”)
• crīstenmann (“Christian”)
• dwolmann (“heretic”)
• ealdormann (“leader”)
• endemann (“person living at the last age of the world”)
• feþemann (“foot soldier”)
• fierdmann (“soldier”)
• fēondmann (“enemy”)
• ġebēdmann (“worshipper, clergy member, prayer-man”)
• ġedwolmann (“heretic”)
• ġemōtmann (“orator, councilor”)
• hēafodmann (“captain, leader”)
• hīeremann (“subordinate, listener”)
• hundredmann (“centurion”)
• pleġmann (“player, athlete”)
• lādmann (“leader”)
• lǣringmann (“disciple”)
• leornungmann (“student, pupil, scholar”)
• lidmann (“sailor”)
• man
• mancwealm (“plague”)
• mancynn (“humanity”)
• manlīċe (“nobly”)
• mannlīċa (“the human form”)
• mannian (“to man”)
• manslaga (“to murder, kill”)
• mansleġe (“murder”)
• mansliht (“murder, killing”)
• manþēof (“kidnapper”)
• mæġdenmann (“maiden, virgin”)
• mennisċ (“human”)
• mennisċ mann (“human being”)
• mynstermann (“monk”)
• nēahmann (“neighbor”)
• Norþmann (“Scandinavian”)
• portmann (“citizen”)
• rǣdesmann (“advisor, steward”)
• sċipmann (“sailor”)
• sċīrmann (“leader or resident of a shire”)
• scōlmann (“scholar”)
• stēormann (“steersman”)
• stēoresmann (“steersman”)
• sūþmann (“southerner”)
• tūnmann (“townsmann, villager”)
• þeġnungmann (“attendant, servant, thane”)
• þūsendealdormann (“chiliarch”)
• unmann (“non-human”)
• wǣpnedmann (“male, man”)
• weardmann (“guard”)
• weorcmann (“worker, workman”)
• wīfmann (“woman”)
• wræcmann (“fugitive”)

Descendants

• Middle English: mon, man, manne, mæn, monne
  • English: man, -man (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: man
  • Yola: man

See also

• folc

Old Irish

Etymology

From Late Latin manna, from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Biblical Hebrew מָן (mān, “manna”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [man͈]

Noun

mann f (genitive mainne, no plural)

1. manna (food)
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 97^d10

     Is peccad díabul lesom .i. fodord doïb di dommatu, ⁊ du·fúairthed ní leu fora sáith din main, ⁊ todlugud inna féulæ ɔ amairis nánda·tibérad Día doïb, ⁊ nach coimnacuir ⁊ issi dano insin ind frescissiu co fochaid.

     It is a double sin in his opinion, i.e. the murmuring by them of want, although there remained some of the manna with them upon their satiety, and demanding the meat with faithlessness that God would not give it to them, and [even] that he could not; therefore that is the expectation with testing.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	mannL	—	—
Vocative	mannL	—	—
Accusative	mainnN	—	—
Genitive	mainneH	—	—
Dative	mainnL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
mann also mmann after a proclitic	mann pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 mann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Norse

Noun

mann m

1. accusative singular indefinite of maðr

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

Noun

mann m

1. human, person
2. man

Synonyms

• helith
• gumo
• rink
• seg
• wer

Descendants

• Middle Low German: man
  • German Low German: Mann
    • Plautdietsch: Maun