different between dude vs mensch

English

Etymology

Origin uncertain, though likely derived from doodle (“fool, simpleton, mindless person”), perhaps with reference to the fashionable “Yankee Doodle dandy” in the 18th-century lyrics of the song “Yankee Doodle”; the word is first attested in 1883 as a New York City slang term of contempt for a “fastidious man, fop”.

It has also been suggested that the word is derived from dudes (“old rags”; compare duds) and dudesman (“scarecrow”), or possibly related to dawdle; to German Low German Dudeldop, Dudendop (“fool, dunce”), from Middle Low German dudendop (“cuckold; simpleton”); or to Saterland Frisian Duddigegen (“idiot”). It has also been suggested the word derives from the Irish dúid.

The common claim that the term derives from (or is) a word for a camel's foreskin (or some other vulgar thing, like a hair on a cow, horse, donkey, or elephant's bottom) is false.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: d(y)o?od, IPA^(key): /d(j)u?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /du?d/, [d??u?d]
• Rhymes: -u?d

Noun

dude (plural dudes)

1. (chiefly US, colloquial) A man, generally a younger man.
2. (colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning him or offering him advice.
3. An inexperienced cowboy.
4. (slang) A tourist.
5. (archaic) A man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.

Alternative forms

• dood (nonstandard)
• dewd (nonstandard)
• d00d (Internet slang)

Synonyms

• (man): bloke (British, Australia, New Zealand slang (mainly in Southland)), chap (dated British), cove (dated British), guy
• (term of address for a man): mate (British, Australia)
• (man concerned about his appearance): dandy, fop, masher
• See also Thesaurus:man

Derived terms

• dude-bro
• dude ranch
• duded up
• dudine (obsolete), dudess (obsolete), dudette

Translations

Interjection

dude

1. (slang) A term of address, usually for a man, conveying awe, excitement, surprise, annoyance, etc.

Verb

dude (third-person singular simple present dudes, present participle dudeing or duding, simple past and past participle duded)

1. To address someone as dude.
2. To take a vacation in a dude ranch.
3. (US) Usually followed by up: to dress up, to wear smart or special clothes.
   • 1994, Sydell I. Voeller, chapter 8, in Her Sister's Keeper, New York, N.Y.: Avalon Press, ISBN 978-0-8034-9063-5; republished Amherst Junction, Wis.: Hard Shell Word Factory, February 2002, ISBN 978-0-7599-0223-7, page 81:

     "Speaking of being duded out …" He shrugged, then handed her the bag. "Here. This is for you." / She reached inside and gasped as she pulled out a white suede western style hat. A glittering gold braid encircled the brim. / "Oh, Zack! It's beautiful. Thank you."

References

Further reading

• dude on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Asturian

Verb

dude

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of dudar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of dudar

Middle English

Verb

dude

1. did

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?dude]

Noun

dude f

1. indefinite plural of dud?
2. indefinite genitive/dative singular of dud?

Slovene

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dù?d?/, /dú?d?/

Noun

d?de f pl

1. bagpipes (musical instrument)

Inflection

Further reading

• “dude”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dude/, [?d?u.ð?e]

Verb

dude

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of dudar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of dudar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dudar.

English

Alternative forms

• mentsch, mentsh, mentch

Etymology

From Yiddish ?????? (mentsh, “an honorable person”), from Old High German mennisko (“man, human being”). The spelling mensch was influenced by German Mensch; compare the alternative spellings. For the semantics, compare Latin human? (“kindly, courteously”), English humane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?n(t)?/
  • Rhymes: -?n?
  • Rhymes: -?nt?

Noun

mensch (plural mensches or menschen)

1. A person (chiefly male) of strength, integrity, and honor or compassion.
2. A gentleman.

Derived terms

• menschy

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

mensch m or n (plural menschen, diminutive menschje n)

1. Obsolete spelling of mens

German

Etymology

From Mensch (“human being”). Coined as (gender-neutral) alternative to man (“one”) for the same reason as frau, which see. Compare the use of they (vs she vs he) in English to refer to a generic or specific person whose gender is unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?n?/, [m?n?], [m?nt?]
• Homophone: Mensch

Pronoun

mensch

1. (indefinite, informal, slang, rare) one, they (indefinite third-person singular pronoun)
   • 2000, Jan Schwarzmeier, Die Autonomen zwischen Subkultur und sozialer Bewegung ?ISBN, page 66:

     „Nichtverhandeln war mehr ein Gefühl, daß mit dem Staat eh nichts vernünftiges anzufangen ist, daß mensch nur übers Ohr gehauen wird, wenn mensch sich auf Gespräche mit den Regierenden einläßt […] “

   • 2010, Sandra Glammeier, Zwischen Verleiblichter Herrschaft und Widerstand ?ISBN, page 92:

     Dies ist nach Landweer (1999: 45) aber nur möglich, wenn mensch sich irgendeine noch so vage Verantwortung dafür zuschreibt, Objekt von Demütigung geworden zu sein.

   • 2013, Werner Ablass, ZEN: ohne wie ein Huhn auf der Stange zu sitzen ?ISBN, page 233:

     ZEN könnte unerwähnt bleiben, wenn mensch sich in seinem natürlichen Zustand erfahren würde.