‖ Verstandesmensch|fɛrˈʃtandəsmɛnʃ| Pl. -menschen. [Ger.] A matter-of-fact person; a realist. 1879W. James Coll.Ess. & Rev. (1920) 133 Such also is the attitude of all hard-minded analysts and Verstandesmenschen.1938Mind XLVII. 528 He rejects as an unhistorical caricature the view of Kant as a cold Verstandesmensch.