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What is the difference?? I am very confused about the proper meaning of "the person" and "the people" in German. What is the exact difference between each of the following? der Mensch die Person der Mann/Man die Menschen die Personen die Leute
31 mei 2015 16:58
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Single/plural
31 mei 2015
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As far as meaning is concerned, "der Mensch" means "human", that's males and females of the human species. "die Person" is, just as in english, "the person" - it's a human being but person isn't as scientifically speaking, isn't it. "der Mann", that's simply "the man" - there is "die Frau" - "the woman" and "der Mann" - "the man", it's a male human being. The German "man" has nothing to do with that. You use that as a neutral word, as you do with "one" in English for example. If generally say "One should not do that!" then it's in German "Man sollte das nicht tun!"
31 mei 2015
Is there difference in the meaning between each of the three single/plural words? i.e., "der Mensch'', "die Person'' and "der Mann/Man''?
31 mei 2015
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