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> A curious example of a Germanic cousin of English that underwent the same "masculinization" of the word man but "came back" is Swedish, where the word "man" m
by dkdbejwi383 5y ago
> A curious example of a Germanic cousin of English that underwent the same "masculinization" of the word man but "came back" is Swedish, where the word "man" means "adult male", but is also used as a neuter pronoun meaning "generic person" (usually translated as "one" in English).
We sort of have this in English too: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind". Although I can't think of any cases where we use "man" alone to mean "one".
- developer93 5y agoAlso German, kinda: Man darf nicht.. Frau/Mann
- carlhjerpe 5y ago"That's one small step for a person, one giant leap for personkind" Time to rewrite the history books! (1984 anyone?) "_Man_ borde inte tvinga andra att anpassa sig efter en skrikig minoritet" (_One_ should not force others to conform to a loudmouthed minority)