how to pronounce man

/man/

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man is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of man in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… und was ist wenn man sich in der neuen …”

meanings of man

pronoun:

They, people (people in general).
Someone, somebody (some unspecified person).
One, you (indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular).
They (some unspecified group of people).

adverb:

Just; only.

name:

Initialism of Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg (a German mechanical engineering company).

man frequency in german - A1 level of CEFR

the word man occurs in german on average 5022.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.