Timeline for Mann, männisch, -mannschaft
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| Aug 16 at 7:51 | comment | added | bakunin | @Toffomat: not quite! For the old meaning of "man" there is no real plural. There is also no (real) plural for words like "humanity" or "mankind". For the same reason there is no singular of "people" and no singular of "Leute" - the meaning these words would carry is not used and not usable. So, when there is a compound like "Bergmann" and you need a plural for that you replace the "-mann" with "-leute". | |
| Aug 16 at 6:07 | comment | added | Toffomat | So the plural of "man" in the older meaning was "leute"? In some regions, there are "Mannsleute" und "Frauensleute" for men (several males) and women. | |
| Aug 15 at 20:27 | history | answered | bakunin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |