mänska

See also: manska

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse menska, from the weak inflection of Proto-Germanic *manniskaz. Compare the more common and formal synonym människa, which is also from the weak inflection of *manniskaz, but via Old Saxon mennisko instead.

Noun

mänska c

1. Alternative form of människa (less common, informal, vernacular)

Declension

Declension of mänska

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mänska	mänskas
	definite	mänskan	mänskans
plural	indefinite	mänskor	mänskors
	definite	mänskorna	mänskornas

Synonyms

• människa

Further reading

• mänska in Svensk ordbok.