adjective
male, masculine
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männlich: adjective meaning 'male' or 'masculine'. Used for biological sex, grammatical gender, or traits (manly). It is gradable: comparative männlicher, superlative am männlichsten. Antonym: weiblich. Not reflexive; no special prepositions. Can modify nouns and be used predicatively or attributively. Common in everyday usage.
Examples
Das Wort 'Tisch' ist im Deutschen männlich.
The word 'table' is masculine in German.
Der Forscher bemerkte, dass der Vorname männlich erschien, weil die Statistik dies bestätigte.
The researcher noticed that the first name appeared masculine because the statistics confirmed this.
Der Hund ist männlich.
The dog is male.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture a male symbol (♂) next to the word to remember masculine meaning
think 'man' -> männlich (related to 'man/male')
Notes
Used both for biological sex and grammatical gender.