Männlein

English 2017 October 3 Etymology thumb|A 1900 yes postcard by the German graphic artist, photographer and printer Ludwig Hemmer (died 1925). The caption reads: “Das Zwergendorf mit seinen Bewohnern” (“The village of dwarves with its inhabitants”). Borrowed from en de Männlein a little man, from de Mann man + de -lein diminutive suffix; compare en manling. Pronunciation en /ˈmænlaɪn/ RP,GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Männlein.wav Southern England en Männ lein Noun A little man; a dwarf, a mannikin. en Sketch of the Traditions of Germany Sharpe's London Magazine: A Journal of Entertainment and Instruction for General Reading London T. B. Sharpe, 15, Skinner Street, Snow Hill 5 June 1847 IV 84 83, column 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=5EUFAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA83 173424679 There was the wife of the männlein, dressed in a robe of silk, richer far than was ever worn by wife of burgomaster; and there were his brothers, and his daughter, with her fair hair falling over her shoulders, and her exquisitely soft blue eye. en M. C. Gale; H. Gale Children's Vocabularies J. McKeen Cattell The Popular Science Monthly New York, N.Y. The Science Press May 1902 LXI 4950 https://books.google.com/books?id=5SEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50 954266628 It is astonishing how this activity keeps up to the end of the day and how the child struggles against fatigue and sleepiness. After having looked at his Brownie book in bed awhile S. was laid down by his mother to be sung to sleep as usual and the gas was turned down. Whereat he said: "[…] right,—Yes. M., S. want those two pieces paper,—give S. some paper. 8. have to roll up. M. cover S. Where P.? Where P.? M., where P.? M. sing loud. M. lie down on P. bed," when the Männlein suddenly fell off to sleep. en w:Philip Toynbee Views from a Lake: the Seventh Day of the Valediction of Pantaloon London w:Chatto & Windus 1968 115 42311 Hungry for home and a husband sturdy Dorothea / Has wandered far to catch herself a man; a Männlein. en w:Norman Spinrad w:The Void Captain's Tale https://books.google.com/books?id=NH6d-_PWap4C&pg=PT103 New York, N.Y. w:Timescape Books 1983 978-0-671-43483-0 "To teach a lesson that you must learn, mannlein," she said harshly. "To strip away the final veil." en w:Thomas Harris Hannibal Rising: A Novel New York, N.Y. Delacorte Press 2006 300 https://books.google.com/books?id=kYY7bge02SoC&pg=PA300 978-0-385-33941-4 He put his pistol under Hannibal's chin and patted him down. He kicked Hannibal's gun away. Grutas took a stiletto from his belt and poked the tip into Hannibal's legs. They did not move. "Shot in the spine, my little Mannlein," Grutas said. Alternative forms en männlein en Mannlein, en mannlein Anagrams en aeilmnnn Linneman en Male German Etymology From de gmh menlīn, gmh mennelīn, from de goh menlīn, goh mennilīn, goh mannilīn, equivalent to de Mann lein. Compare en manling. Pronunciation de /ˈmɛnlaɪ̯n/ de De-Männlein.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Männ lein de ɛnlaɪ̯n Noun n,,-:s:Männerlein de southern, possibly _ dated male animal or person de Männchen de Mann Usage notes The plural generally remains unchanged. Männleins is a rarer and possibly dated variant in the diminutive sense. (Compare de Fräulein, in which the s-plural is quite common.) Declension n,,-:s:Männerlein Synonyms diminutive de Männchen; Bavarian de Manderl, de Mandl Antonyms de Fräulein de Weiblein Hypernyms animal de Tier diminutive de Mensch Hyponyms animal de Bock, de Eber, de Erpel, de Ganser, de Hengst, de Kater, de Keiler, de Rammler, de Rüde, de Stier, de Terzel, de Widder diminutive de Halmamännlein, de Heinzelmännlein, de Räuchermännlein, de Sandmännlein, de Wichtelmännlein Related terms diminutive Thuringian-Upper Saxonian de die Männlein kriegen; de Männlein machen, de Männlein und Weiblein de People