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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "mann" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "mann" 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.
if i wanna express exasperation its “Mann!” rather than “man!” right? came here to check this quickly but its not under either definition
That’s a really good question!
I think you’re right that it’s “Mann” but for instance if I want to write out the typical “man man man, ey”, I usually write it like this because the other one feels too “masculine”.
interesting…I had a look at DWDS and they go for Mann for this meaning (under 2a)
https://www.dwds.de/wb/Mann
Interestingly they also have a specific secondary coloquial / dialect meaning under “man” that seems potentially confusing and am not sure i’ve ever come across.
https://www.dwds.de/wb/man#2
Assume this isn’t so common in the dialects / colloquial german that get spoken in Berlin?
The second meaning, to me, is a “mal”, straight up. I always assumed it’s a dialect version of it, but maybe not.