Männeken

manneken Bergish Etymology From gmw-bgh Mann -ken. Noun gmw-bgh noun n gmw-bgh Mölmsch gmw-bgh Mann Further reading 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 Etymology de nds Männeken; analyzable as de Mann -ken with additional e. Compare nl manneken. Pronunciation de /ˈmɛnəkən/ Noun n,,-:s:Männekes de regional northern Germany chiefly colloquial de Mann, usually pejorative de 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. de Die paar Männeken können uns doch nix... Those handful of guys can do nothing to us... Declension n,,-:s:Männekes Related terms de Männchen de Männlein de People Low German Alternative forms nds männeken uncommon, chiefly scientific Etymology From nds Mann man and nds -ken with an additional e. Noun n Männekens,Männekes,Männeken nds Mann Usage notes 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) Synonyms nds Männken nds People