Apparently it means "whore" in Austrian slang [1].
I'm not a native Austrian, but was told several years ago by a friend that I shouldn't use that word as people might misunderstand what I meant by it...
Might be a Tyrol thing tho.
I'm not a native Austrian, but was told several years ago by a friend that I shouldn't use that word as people might misunderstand what I meant by it...
Might be a Tyrol thing tho.
Only if you say it in a bad context, with slang, it means sth bad. (but not really whore... more like crazy person) "de oide is so a ménsch!" vs "er ist wirklich ein guter mensch."
As a native german speaker I absolutely read it as positively as it was intended.
If it also means "human" and "wow!" I can't see how I can go wrong.
FTR, I asked my husband, who is Wiener.