mänska

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See also: manska

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

mänska c

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

Declension[edit]

Declension of mänska 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mänska mänskan mänskor mänskorna
Genitive mänskas mänskans mänskors mänskornas

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