Personal
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin personale.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Personal n (strong, genitive Personals, plural Personale)
- staff, personnel, employees
- Synonym: Belegschaft
- 2010, Der Spiegel[1], 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.
- (informal) Short for Personalabteilung (“human resources”).
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
Declension of Personal [neuter, strong]
Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Personal.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Personal n (uncountable)