#Which sentence is acceptable?

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urban raft
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"Der Mensch ist dem Menschen ein Wolf."
"Der Mensch ist den Menschen ein Wolf."
"Der Mensch ist für den Menschen ein Wolf."
"Der Mensch für den Menschen ein Wolf."
"Der Mensch den Menschen ein Wolf."

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I believe more than one of these might be correct, but I'm not sure
In Latin there is no need to use a verb or a preposition for this expression, the case marking being enough to convey the proper meaning ("Homo homini lupus")
I don't know if the same can be done with German though

drowsy pebble
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1+3 work, but they don't say the same thing

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the rest is wrong

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now theoretically you could say smth like:

"Der Mensch - dem Mensch ein Wolf." with a Pause in between, it would be understandable, but it'd work more like a title for a book than being understood like the popular saying

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mostly it's not really possible to skip verbs outside of some situations where it's clear what verb is skipped, like ..

"Wir bezahlen zusammen."

Du und sie zusammen? Oder alle 3 zusammen?"

(we're paying as one - you and her as one? or all three of you as one?)