Meaning of menneske | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a human or human being; man (the tallest, most abundant, and most intelligent of primates; Homo sapiens.)
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2. human, human being, man, Homo sapiens; (in plural form also) people
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3. man (humans created in the image of God)
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4. man (the opposite of God, the fallen, as opposed to the heavenly and sacred)
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5. mankind's
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6. an individual, person; human being (especially a sensible, civilised and moral person)
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7. the sum of a human's characteristics
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8. a particular or specific person (usually with a clear emotional emphasis, such as a condescending, compassionate or sympathetic intent)
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9. a non-specific person
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Examples

“mennesker og dyr og træer og urter skabte sine lige efter evige love”

humans and animals and trees and herbs created its just according to eternal laws

“gøre menneske til dyr!”

turn man into animals!

“[jeg] beundrer hvad menneskene kan utrette”

[I] admire what humans can accomplish

“[de bygde] enkle hus til periodevis opphold for mennesker og dyr”

[they built] simple houses for periodic stays for humans and animals

“i forhold til et voksent menneske er cellen ikke større enn et sesamfrø ved foten av Eiffeltårnet – men … minst like komplisert som hele mennesket”

in relation to an adult human, the cell is no larger than a sesame seed at the foot of the Eiffel Tower - but… at least as complicated as the whole human

“min færd kan jeg forsvare for Gud og mennesker”

my conduct I can defend before God and men

“det er jo ikke så godt for et ensligt fruentimmer at stå imod, kan jeg tro. – Vi er jo alle sammen mennesker”

it is not so good for a single lady to resist, I can believe. - We are all human

“han havde tigget Gud om kraft og naade til at bli et nyt menneske”

he had begged God for power and grace to become a new man

“det gamle menneske”

the fallen man (who has not accepted Jesus Christ)

“det nye mennesket”

the new man; born again man

“syvti til otteti favne er menneskens alder”

seventy to eighty fathoms is the age of man

“menneskens sind”

the human mind

“ligedan er det i menneskens ark”

likewise it is in the ark of man

“menneskens sønn”

Son of Man; Jesus Christ

“[han] bluedes ved at blotte sit indre menneske”

[he] blushed by exposing his inner man

“vi to gamle mennesker”

we two old people

“unge, kække, frejdige mennesker”

young, handsome, cheerful people

“da får min mand rigtig se, hvilket slet menneske De er”

then my husband will really see what a person you are

“jeg har levet her som et fattigt menneske”

I have lived here as a poor man

“[jeg er ikke bare hustru og mor, men] først og fremst menneske”

[I am not just a wife and mother, but] first and foremost an individual

“en pestagtig syge myrded mennesker for fode”

a plague-sickly murdered people for fodder

“jeg er da ikke mere end et menneske”

I am no more than a human being

“[hunden] undersøger hans knær og hele lavere menneske”

[the dog] examines his knees and the whole lower man

“jeg må gi dig den store kompliment at jeg synes du er et menneske”

I have to give you the big compliment that I think you are a person

“kystboerne kunne i de små samfunnene sine være ordentlige nok mot hverandre, men den fremmede angikk dem ikke som menneske”

the coastal inhabitants could in their small communities be proper enough towards each other, but the stranger did not concern them as human beings

“her var alt et menneske kunne ønske seg”

here was everything a person could wish for

“dette var mennesker som følte ansvar for sin neste på alle måter, som respekterte nudel-selgeren like mye som sine lærerkolleger”

these were people who felt responsible for their neighbor in every way, who respected the noodle salesman as much as their teacher colleagues

“Susanne brydde seg om mennesker, og passet på å følge opp folk hun intervjuet”

Susanne cared about people, and made sure to follow up on people she interviewed

“selv om det var ulv, fik en være menneske og vise barmhjerlighed”

even though it was a wolf, one got to be human and show mercy

“han ber om nåde. – La oss være mennesker! formaner han”

he asks for mercy. - Let's be human! he exhorts

“Føle seg som et nytt og bedre menneske”

Feel like a new and better person

“la oss være mennesker”

let us be human; reasonable, fair

“mennesket i ham var blit saa lidet”

the human in him had become so suffered

“[jeg] tyggede hver dag paa den bitre moral for at styrke mit indre menneske mod anfægtelser”

[I] chewed every day on the bitter morality to strengthen my inner man against challenges

“han har gjort et slags virkeligt menneske ud af mig”

he has made a kind of real human being out of me

“hun var for optat til at tænke videre paa sit ytre menneske nu”

she was too busy to think further about her outer human now

“hva er du egentlig for et menneske, Paul?”

what kind of human being are you really, Paul?

“jeg kjente Sven, mennesket Sven bak all glansen av rik skipsreder”

I knew Sven, the human Sven behind all the splendor of a rich shipowner

“en minister er bare et menneske, det forstår jeg jo flere saker jeg gjør på politikere”

a minister is just a human being, I understand that the more things I do to politicians

“bare et menneske”

only human; not perfect

“jeg [syntes] synd i det lærde menneske”

I [felt] sorry for the learned man

“stakkers menneske”

poor man

“har De hørt sligt menneske til at snakke?”

have you heard such a person speak?

“å nej, for en mund der sidder på det menneske”

oh no, what a mouth on that person

“hvad sier mennesket? Er han gal?”

what does man say? Is he crazy?

“å, men jeg tankeløse menneske, som sidder her og snakker!”

oh, but I am a thoughtless man, sitting here talking!

“tal da ikke så højt, menneske!”

do not speak so loudly, man!

“nu har han lagt paa sig adskillige pund menneske”

now he has put on several pounds of man

“det kan være godt at have, naar der engang kommer et menneske”

it can be good to have, when a human once arrives

“hvorledes kan noget levende menneske falde paa at indbilde sig, ja at drømme om, at alt dette nogensinde skulde kunne forandres?”

how can any living person imagine imagining, even dreaming, that all this could ever be changed?

“kan noe levende menneske i vårt fedreland egentlig gi oss en klar og utvetydig innføring i det fjerne obscur hvor vår tankeverden idag befinner seg[?]”

can any living human being in our fatherland really give us a clear and unambiguous introduction to the distant obscur where our world of thought is today[?]

“alt det her kunne ikke noe levende menneske klare å holde rede på”

all this no living man could keep track of

“han hadde ikke fått et levende menneske i tale der heller”

he had not got a living person to speak there either

“noe levende menneske”

someone, anyone