Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #33
Word (Wort)

man

Translation (Übersetzung) one, you, they
Pronunciation (Aussprache) /man/
A1
Pronouns
Beginner
Neutral
Tags (Tags)
grammar most-common pronoun indefinite
Indefinite pronoun meaning 'one', 'you' (general), or 'they' (people in general). Always takes third person singular verb. Thirty-third most frequent word in German.

Examples (Beispiele)

Man kann hier gut essen.
One can eat well here.
general statement
Man muss vorsichtig sein.
One must be careful.
general advice
Man sagt, dass es regnet.
They say that it is raining.
general statement
Man wäscht sich die Hände.
One washes one's hands.
reflexive

Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

Collocations (Kollokationen)
man kann
one can, you can
High frequency
man muss
one must, you must
High frequency
man sagt
they say, people say
High frequency
Idioms (Redewendungen)
man kann nicht alles haben
you can't have everything
Expressing that one must accept limitations
Synonyms (Synonyme)
einer Medium similarity
One (masculine pronoun, different usage)

Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

einer jemand niemand Pronomen

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