Nebenmann

German

Etymology

From neben +‎ Mann.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈneːbənˌman/

Noun

Nebenmann m (genitive Nebenmanns or Nebenmannes, plural Nebenmänner or Nebenleute, female Nebenfrau)

  1. one who is standing or sitting next to one (male or unspecified sex)
    Coordinate terms: Hintermann, Vordermann
  2. secondary husband; a man in a polyandric system who is inferior to a principal husband (due to ethnological reality, this sense is more common for the feminine Nebenfrau)

Declension
Declension of Nebenmann
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Nebenmann die Nebenmänner
genitive eines des Nebenmannes,
Nebenmanns		 der Nebenmänner
dative einem dem Nebenmann,
Nebenmanne1		 den Nebenmännern
accusative einen den Nebenmann die Nebenmänner
1Now uncommon, see notes

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