An organ is a part of your body that performs a specific function: like your brain, lungs, or skin. You might not use the word organ often, but you use organs every second â imagine getting through a day without your heart or skin. An organ may also serve a specific function for an institution: a periodical like a newsletter can be an organ of an organization.
Click Play to hear the word Mensch Mensch is a Yiddish word meaning a person of integrity and honor Leo Rosten, author of the lexicon The Joys of Yiddish, says a mensch is a term that Jews grew up on in their childhood. â¦ Continue reading â
In German, the term means  herb , or designates the leaves and stem of a plant as opposed to the root. The term is more often used in compound nouns for herbs, and also for cabbage and cabbage products: