noun, plural mensch·en [men-chuh n] /ˈmɛn tʃən/, mensch·es. Informal.
- a decent, upright, mature, and responsible person.
n.“person of strength and honor,” 1907, from Yiddish, from German Mensch, literally “man, person,” from Old High German mennisco “human,” from Proto-Germanic adjective *manniska- “human” (see mannish).