Contionary:man
Niemish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /man/
Etymology
From Gothic manna.
Pronoun
² màn n.m. hard stem
- one, someone, they, an unspecified individual or group of people: indefinite personal pronoun
- Man kidt e... ("It is said that…")
Usage notes
- Man is only used in the nominative case; for the oblique cases, forms of the pronoun en are used. For example: Man ne mach all tids toje, hat an szwegen makt. ("One cannot always do what makes one happy").
Niemish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /maːn/
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mainą.
Noun
² mán n.n. hard stem
- false witness, perjury
Declension
| declension of mán (nh declension) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mán | mánat | mán | mána |
| genitive | mä́ns | mä́nes | mä́ne | mä́nse |
| dative | mán | mánum | máną | mánę |