Talk:Männlein

Männlein

This is a German word, and also the plural form of it...it this English though? Leasnam (talk) 14:04, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

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Männlein

Supposedly English. SemperBlotto (talk) 15:25, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

I did a quick Google Books search ("the Mannlein" | "a Mannlein" | "Mannlein are") with and without umlauts, and there appears to be very limited use in English. I'm not sure though how many are true uses, and not German words in English, or mentions... Leasnam (talk) 16:30, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Added some cites. Leasnam (talk) 16:44, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

@Leasnam: The cites added are for a variety of spellings: männlein - lowercase, Männlein - ok, Mannlein - no umlaut, Mannlein - no umlaut. Do you have more luck searching for the exact spelling? --Dan Polansky (talk) 11:07, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Not really...there is so much interference from German texts, and from English texts using Mannlein as a surname... I'll keep looking Leasnam (talk) 13:24, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

@Leasnam, any update? — SMUconlaw (talk) 10:46, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

No, not at this time I'm afraid Leasnam (talk) 16:12, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

Passed: I'm seeing sufficient evidence that the word is used in English. Whether the main lemma should be Mannlein, mannlein or some other variant is a discussion for another day. — SMUconlaw (talk) 18:51, 1 November 2016 (UTC)