Menschlichkeit
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]menschlich (“human”) + -keit
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Menschlichkeit f (genitive Menschlichkeit, plural Menschlichkeiten)
- (uncountable) humanity (the condition or quality of being human)
- Synonym: Menschheit (also means “humanity” in the sense of “mankind”)
- (uncountable) humanity (the quality of being humane)
- Synonym: Humanität
- Antonyms: Unmenschlichkeit, Inhumanität
- (countable) a human(e) trait or deed, e.g. a weakness or an act of sympathy
- Antonym: Unmenschlichkeit
Declension
[edit]Declension of Menschlichkeit [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Menschlichkeit | die | Menschlichkeiten |
genitive | einer | der | Menschlichkeit | der | Menschlichkeiten |
dative | einer | der | Menschlichkeit | den | Menschlichkeiten |
accusative | eine | die | Menschlichkeit | die | Menschlichkeiten |
Further reading
[edit]- “Menschlichkeit” in Duden online
- “Menschlichkeit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache