menschenleer

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German

Etymology

Mensch (human) +‎ -en +‎ leer (empty)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌleːɐ̯/
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Adjective

menschenleer (strong nominative masculine singular menschenleerer, not comparable)

  1. without humans; deserted
    Die Wüste Gobi ist menschenleer.The desert Gobi is deserted.
    • 1911, Lily Braun, chapter 2, in Memoiren einer Sozialistin [Memoirs of a Woman Socialist]‎, Kampfjahre, München: Albert Langen:
      Durch die sternenlose Augustnacht ging ich nach Hause. Über die menschenleere Straße schwankten ein paar Betrunkene.
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