Personal

See also: personal and personál

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin personale.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

Personal n (strong, genitive Personals, plural Personale)

1. staff, personnel, employees

   Synonym: Belegschaft

   • 2010, Der Spiegel‎, number 46/2010, page 96:

     Fachkräftemangel ist kein düsteres Zukunftsszenario mehr. Vor allem in Ostdeutschland ringen Firmen schon heute um Personal.

     A lack of skilled workers is no longer a dark future scenario. Primarily in eastern Germany, companies are struggling for employees already today.

2. (informal) Short for Personalabteilung (“human resources”).

Usage notes

• The plural is attestable when referring to different companies: die Personale beider Firmen (“the staffs of both companies”). Even in this context, however, it is usually avoided; Belegschaften or simply Mitarbeiter will be used instead.

Declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Personal	die	Personale
genitive	eines	des	Personals	der	Personale
dative	einem	dem	Personal	den	Personalen
accusative	ein	das	Personal	die	Personale

Declension of Personal [neuter, strong]

Hyponyms

• Pflegepersonal
• Zugpersonal

Derived terms

• Personaler, Personalien

Related terms

• Personalabteilung
• Personalversammlung

Further reading

• “Personal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Personal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Personal” in Duden online
• Personal on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Personal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæʀzoˈnaːl/

Noun

Personal n (uncountable)

1. personnel, staff

   Dës Toilettë sinn nëmme fir d'Personal. ― These toilets are only for staff.