Knowing relations between words can help understand their meanings and build a more connected vocabulary network. Here, you can explore parents and offspring and discover the whole family.
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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "leute" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "leute" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
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I would like to understand the use of Leute vs Menschen in circumstances like Hallo Leute! vs Hallo Menschen!. My wife says “Menschen” would be more appropriate.
“Leute” is the only natural, authentic sounding choice.
It’s like “folks” or “guys” or “everyone” in English when you greet a bunch of people.
“Leute” is also the number one word in everyday contexts when you speak about a concrete bunch of people somewhere.
“Menschen” is a bit more “abstract” and you’d use it if your focus is on the “human being” or if you add some qualifier.
I think this might actually be worth a quick article, so I’ll add that to my list :)