מענטשהייט
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, מענטש (mentsh) + ־הייט (-heyt). Compare German Menschheit.
Noun
[edit]מענטשהייט • (mentshheyt) f
- mankind, humanity
- 2011 [1961 (main text), 1996 (preface)], Norton Juster, Maurice Sendak [preface], “An Appreciation [preface]”, in The Phantom Tollbooth, 50th anniversary edition (overall work in English), page xiv:
- For me, it is primarily the heart and soul of Norton Juster—his menschkeit—that produced this marvel of a book.