Swedish adjective

human

humane

Meaning

humane

In Swedish: mänsklig, människovänlig

Forms

Forms of human
Basic formhumanwith en-words
Neuterhumantwith ett-words
Plural and definitehumanaplural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparativehumanare“-er”, “more …”
Superlativehumanast“-est”, “most …”

Practise human

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What does human mean?

human in a sentence

  • få en human behandling
    be treated humanely
  • Deras politik har kritiserats för att inte vara human.
    Their politics have been criticised for being less than humane.
  • Det var ett humant pris.
    That was a reasonable price.

Questions

What does human mean in English?

human means “humane”.

Similar words

mänsklig

Nearby common words

human is number 8,117 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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