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männlein

Männ·lein

Today it means: A little man; a dwarf, a mannikin. Full definition →

German Männlein

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German · borrowed fromMännlein“a little man”
English todayMännlein

Borrowed from German Männlein (“a little man”), from Mann (“man”) + -lein (diminutive suffix); compare English manling.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.