Zusammengesetzte Wörter:
man | Man. | man. |
| a dead man n | figurative, slang (in serious trouble) | toter Mann Adj + Nm |
| | Touch me again and you're a dead man! |
| advertising man n | dated (male who works in advertising) (Beruf) | Werbekaufmann Nm |
| | (informell, beleidigend) | Werbefuzzi Nm |
apeman,
ape-man n | (apelike human ancestor) | Affenmensch Nm |
as the next man,
as the next woman,
as the next person expr | (just as much as anyone else) | so wie jeder, genau wie jeder Rdw |
| be a man v expr | figurative (male: show strength) | ein richtiger Mann sein Rdw |
| | You have to be a man about this, and admit that you made a mistake. |
| be a man v expr | (male: reach adulthood) (umgangssprachlich) | groß sein Adj + Vi |
| | Dan's young son wants to be an astronaut when he is a man. |
| be your own man v expr | (male: be independent) | unabhängig sein Adj + Hv |
| | | für sich selbst sorgen Rdw |
| | | für sich selbst entscheiden Rdw |
| best man n | (bridegroom's male attendant) | Trauzeuge Nm |
| | (veraltet) | Brautführer Nm |
| | Pete was the best man at Mick and Lucy's wedding. |
| | Pete war der Trauzeuge bei Mick und Lucys Hochzeit. |
binman,
bin man n | UK, informal, dated (male refuse collector) | Müllmann Nm |
| Anmerkung: The preferred term is now "refuse collector". |
black man,
Black man n | (dark-skinned male) | schwarzer Mann Adj + Nm |
| | | Schwarze Nm |
| | | Dunkelhäutige Nm |
black man,
Black man n | (male of African descent) | schwarzer Mann Adj + Nm |
| | | Schwarze Nm |
| | | Dunkelhäutige Nm |
| black man n | dated, rare (evil spirit) | schwarzer Mann Adj + Nm |
| | | böser Geist Adj + Nm |
| career man n | (male devoted to his work) | Karrieremann Nm |
caveman,
cave man n | (prehistoric man) | Höhlenmensch Nm |
| | | Neandertaler Nm |
| | | Steinzeitmensch Nm |
| | Contrary to many depictions in popular culture, cavemen did not exist at the same time as dinosaurs. |
caveman,
cave man n | figurative, pejorative (rough or coarse person) (informell, übertragen) | Neandertaler Nm |
| | | Steinzeitmensch Nm |
| | Dom is such a caveman; he chews with his mouth open and is always belching loudly. |
| the common man n | dated, uncountable (ordinary citizen, lay person) | Normalbürger, Durchschnittsbürger Nm |
| | (ugs, übertragen) | kleiner Mann Adj + Nm |
| | The political parties are all trying to appeal to the common man. |
| common man n | (male commoner, without title) | einfacher Mann Adj + Nm |
| | | einfacher Arbeiter Adj + Nm |
| | If a common man married the daughter of a nobleman, she would lose her title. |
con man,
conman n | informal (male confidence trickster) | Hochstapler Nm |
| | (Slang) | Abzocker Nm |
| | | Betrüger Nm |
| | The con man persuaded the elderly lady to give him a cheque for £400. |
countryman,
country man n | (male who lives in countryside) | Landbewohner Nm |
| | (ugs, missbilligend) | Bauer Nm |
| | Charles is a countryman who doesn't understand the ways of the big city. |
crossing guard (US),
lollipop lady,
lollipop man (UK) n | (for crossing a road) | Schülerlotse Nm |
| | | Verkehrshelfer Nm |
| | The crossing guard at this intersection is very friendly; he kids around with the children and chats with the adult pedestrians. |
deliveryman,
delivery man n | (male who delivers goods) | Lieferant Nm |
| | | Zusteller Nm |
| | | Lieferer Nm |
| | The delivery man dropped off the package at the door. |
| dirty old man n | informal, pejorative (elderly, lecherous man) | geiler alter Bock Rdw |
| | | Lustmolch Nm |
| | If you keep looking at her like that she'll think you're a dirty old man. |
| EM n | initialism (military: enlisted man) | gemeiner Soldat Adj + Nm |
| every man for himself expr | (each must look after his/her interests) | jeder für sich Rdw |
| | | jeder ist auf sich selbst gestellt Rdw |
| | | jeder ist sich selbst der Nächste Rdw |
fellow man,
fellowman n | (another person) (meist Plural) | Mitmensch Nm |
freeman,
free man n | (citizen with liberty and rights) | freier Mann Adj + Nm |
| | | Staatsbürger Nm |
| | | Ehrenbürger Nm |
| | He'll be on probation for the rest of his life, so he isn't really a free man. |
frontman,
front man n | (musical group: leading performer) | Frontmann Nm |
| | | Leadsänger Nm |
frontman,
front man n | (organization: public representative) | Sprecher Nm |
| | | öffentlicher Vertreter Adj + Nm |
| G-man n | US, slang (government, esp. FBI, agent) | FBI-Agent Nm |
| garbage man n | informal (dustman, binman: refuse collector) (Beruf) | Müllmann Nm |
| Anmerkung: The preferred term is now "refuse collector" or "waste collector". |
| | The garbage men collect the trash on my block every Friday at 8:00 AM. |
| gingerbread man n | (biscuit in the shape of a man) | Lebkuchenmann Nm |
| | There's a fairy tale about a gingerbread man who runs away from the baker. |
| good man n | (honest or kind man) (ugs) | guter Kerl, feiner Kerl Adj + Nm |
| | | guter Mann Adj + Nm |
| | My uncle is a good man and always helps his neighbours. |
| grown man n | (adult male) | erwachsener Mann Adj + Nm |
| | His story was so sad, it could make grown men cry. |
| he-man n | informal (virile male) | echter Kerl, wahrer Kerl Adj + Nm |
| | | richtiger Mann Adj + Nm |
Him upstairs,
the man upstairs n | humorous (God) (informell) | der da oben Rdw |
| | | Gott im Himmel Rdw |
| | | Gott Nm |
hitman,
hit man n | (male hired murderer) (ugs) | Auftragsmörder Nm |
| | (ugs) | Auftragsmörderin Nf |
| | (Slang) | Auftragskiller Nm |
| | (Slang) | Auftragskillerin Nf |
| | The politician was arrested for hiring a hitman to kill one of his rivals. |
hitman,
hit man n | informal ([sb] who does unpleasant tasks) | [jmd], der/die unangenehme Aufgaben erfüllt Rdw |
| | (Anglizismus: Wirtschaft, Politik) | Hitman Nm |
| | I'm the hitman whenever the boss wants an employee to be fired. |
ice cream man,
ice-cream man n | (travelling ice-cream seller) | Eisverkäufer Nm |
| | | Eismann Nm |
| | I am waiting for the ice cream man to come so that I can buy some ice cream. |
| inside man n | (infiltrator) (ugs) | Spitzel Nm |
| | | Informant Nm |
| | | Informantin Nf |
| iron man n | (male with physical endurance) | starker Mann Adj + Nm |
| | (übertragen, ugs) | Maschine Nf |
| iron man n | (machine that performs job) | Maschine Nf |
| | | Roboter Nm |
jack,
man jack n | dated, slang (man) | Mann Nm |
| | Every jack is being drafted into the army. |
jazzman,
jazz man n | (male jazz musician) | Jazzmusiker Nm |
| leading man n | (actor in central role) | männliche Hauptrolle Adj + Nf |
| | | Hauptdarsteller Nm |
| | Bellamy was the leading man in many low-budget action movies. |
| like a man adv | (in a masculine way) | wie ein Mann Rdw |
| | She walks like a man. |
| like a man adv | informal, figurative (with stoicism) | wie ein Mann Rdw |
| | | wie ein richtiger Mann Rdw |
| | Ben gritted his teeth and prepared to take his punishment like a man. |
| little man n | (term of affection: boy) | kleiner Mann Nm |
| | (umgangssprachlich) | Kleiner Nn |
| | Hey, little man! - let's have a talk. |
| | Hey, kleiner Mann - lass uns mal reden. |
| man Friday n | (male assistant) | Assistent Nm |
| | | Helfer Nm |
| | (altmodisch) | Faktotum Nn |
| man of few words n | (man who speaks very little) | Mann weniger Worte Rdw |
| | He may be a man of few words, but when he does say something it's worth hearing. |
| man of his word n | (male: keeps promises) | Mann, der zu seinem Wort steht Rdw |
| | | Mann, der seine Versprechen hält Rdw |
| | I've worked with him, and I know him to be a man of his word. |
| man of the house n | (responsible head of household) | Herr des Hauses Rdw |
| | | Hausherr Nm |
| | Jim became man of the house after his father died. |
| man overboard interj | dated ([sb] has fallen off ship or boat) | Mann über Bord Int |
| | Man overboard! Toss him a life preserver before the sharks get him! |
| man-at-arms n | (soldier) | Waffenknecht Nm |
man-child,
manchild n | literary (male child, boy) | Junge Nm |
| | | Bube Nm |
| | | Knabe Nm |
man-child,
manchild n | literary (son) | Sohn Nm |
man-child,
manchild n | figurative, pejorative (emotionally immature man) | großes Kind Adj + Nn |
| man-day n | (accounting unit of measure) (veraltet) | Mannstunde Nf |
| | | Personenstunde Nf |
| | (Abk) | MS, PS Nf |
| man-eater n | informal (animal that eats human flesh) | Menschenfresser Nm |
man-eater,
maneater n | figurative, informal (sexually predatory woman) (Slang) | Vamp Nm |
| | | Femme fatale Nf |
| | | Verführerin Nf |
| man-eating adj | informal (animal: that eats human flesh) | menschenfressend V Part Präs |
| | | Menschenfleisch fressen Nn + Vt |
| man-hour n | (amount of work done) | Personenstunde Nf |
| | (veraltet) | Mannstunde Nf |
| | (Abk) | PS, MS Nf |
| man-hours npl | (time spent, required) | Arebitsstunde Nf |
man-made,
also US: manmade adj | (artificial or synthetic) | von Menschen gemacht Rdw |
| | Nylon is a man-made fibre used in the clothing industry. |
man-sized,
man-size,
mansize adj | figurative (sandwich, tissues: large) | groß Adj |
| | | lang Adj |
manpower,
man-power n | (workforce) | Arbeitskraft Nf |
| | | Angestellter Nm |
| | The company is restructuring in order to use its manpower more efficiently. |
manpower,
man-power n | (number of workers) | Belegschaft Nf |
| | | Arbeitskräfte Pl |
| | We need more manpower if we're going to finish construction on time. |
| may the best man win interj | (before competition) | möge der Beste gewinnen Rdw |
| | Good luck to all and may the best man win! |
| medicine man n | (shaman, magician) (Religion) | Schamane Nm |
| | | Medizinmann Nm |
| mid-adult man n | UK (male: in 30s) | Mittdreißiger Nm |
no man's land,
no-man's land n | (war: unoccupied area) | Niemandsland Nn |
| | During the war, he wandered into no man's land and was very nearly shot by his own troops. |
no man's land,
no-man's land n | (wasteland) | Einöde Nf |
| | | Niemandsland Nn |
| | The Sahara Desert is mostly a no man's land. |
| odd man out n | ([sb] or [sth] that does not belong) (übertragen) | fünftes Rad am Wagen Rdw |
| | You've already got four people for a tennis game, so I'm odd man out and will watch. |
odd-jobman (US),
odd-job man (UK) n | (male who does casual manual work) | Handlanger Nm |
| | | Aushilfe Nf |
| | | Hilfskraft Nf |
| old man n | (elderly male) | Greis Nm |
| | | alter Mann Nm |
| | The old man was slow to cross the street. |
| | ⓘDieser Satz ist keine Übersetzung des englischen Satzes. Er nannte mich einen Greis; dabei bin ich doch noch garnicht so alt. |
| | Der alte Mann war beim überqueren der Straße sehr langsam. |
| old man n | informal (boyfriend, husband) (Slang, Partner) | Macker Nm |
| | (Slang, Partner) | Alter Nm |
| | My old man is still at work. |
| | Mein Macker ist immer noch auf der Arbeit. |
| old man n | informal (father) (Slang, beleidigend) | Alter Nm |
| | | alter Herr Adj + Nm |
| | Why don't you ask your old man if we can borrow his car tonight? |
| | Warum fragst du deinen Alten nicht, ob wir uns sein Auto heute ausleihen können? |
| one-man n as adj | (involving one person) | Allein-, Einzel- Präf |
| | | Einmann- Präf |
| one-man n as adj | (wanting romance with one man only) | mit nur einem Mann Rdw |
Portuguese man-o'-war,
Portuguese man-of-war,
man-of-war n | (jellyfish) | Portugiesische Galeere Adj + Nf |
| rag-and-bone man n | UK, dated (junk collector) (veraltet) | Lumpenhändler, Lumpensammler Nm |
| real man n | figurative (adult male who is strong and masculine) | richtiger Mann Adj + Nm |
| | (informell) | echter Kerl Adj + Nm |
| | Well, he certainly acts like a real man, yes. |
| | Real men aren't afraid to express their feelings in public. |
| removal man n | UK (male worker: moves belongings) | Möbelpacker, Packer Nm |
| | | Umzugsspediteur Nm |
| right-hand man n | (closest aide, personal advisor) | rechte Hand Adj + Nf |
| | | Assistent Nm |
| | Julia's my right-hand man when it comes to planning parties. |
space man,
space-man,
space writer n | (journalist paid by space filled) | Schreiber, der dafür bezahlt wird, Lücken mit Text zu füllen Rdw |
| straw man n | figurative (insubstantial argument) | Strohmann-Argument Nn |
| | | Strohmann-Trugschluss Nm |
| | The argument was a straw man, which the Prime Minister put up to divert attention away from his own weaknesses. |
stuntman,
stunt man n | (male: performs dangerous feats) | Stuntman Nm |
| | Neil isn't interested in acting, but he wants to become a Hollywood stuntman. |
| trans man n | (transgender man) | Transmann Nm |
trash collector (US),
refuse collector (UK) n | (person employed to collect refuse) (ugs) | Müllmann Nm |
| | | Müllwerker Nm |
| unmarried man n | (male who is not married) | unverheirateter Mann Adj + Nm |
| | | Junggeselle Nm |
| | | Unverheiratete, Alleinstehende Nm |
| wise man n | (man with great knowledge) | weiser Mann Adj + Nm |
| | | Weise Nm |
| | Edward asked the wise man for advice. |
| wise man n | (man who knows about magic) | Weise Nm |
| | The wise men gave the prince a magic potion. |
yes-man,
yes man n | informal (person who always agrees with superiors) (informell) | Ja-Sager Nm |
| | (Slang: vulgär) | Arschkriecher Nm |
| | | Schleimer Nm |
| young man n | (male child or youthful adult) | junger Mann Adj + Nm |
| | My 15-year-old grandson is a polite, helpful young man. |