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
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Single/plural
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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!"
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Is there difference in the meaning between each of the three single/plural words? i.e., "der Mensch'', "die Person'' and "der Mann/Man''?
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