"Person" meaning in German

See Person in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɛrˈzoːn/, [pɛɐ̯ˈzoːn], [pɛʁˈzoːn] Audio: De-Person.ogg , De-Person2.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German persōn, persōne, from Latin persōna. Etymology templates: {{der|de|gmh|persōn}} Middle High German persōn, {{m|gmh|persōne}} persōne, {{der|de|la|persōna}} Latin persōna Head templates: {{de-noun|f|dim=^chen|f=Weibsperson,Frauensperson|m=Mannsperson}} Person f (genitive Person, plural Personen, diminutive Persönchen n, masculine Mannsperson, feminine Weibsperson or Frauensperson) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Person [genitive], Personen [plural], Persönchen [diminutive, neuter], Mannsperson [masculine], Weibsperson [feminine], Frauensperson [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], Person [nominative, singular], Personen [definite, nominative, plural], Person [genitive, singular], Personen [definite, genitive, plural], Person [dative, singular], Personen [dative, definite, plural], Person [accusative, singular], Personen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. person, individual Tags: feminine Derived forms: Hauptperson, Personal, personell, persönlich, Unperson
    Sense id: en-Person-de-noun-18-Ei~r5
  2. (derogatory, dated) someone (often female) who is not proper company, mostly because they are of lower class or doubtful morals Tags: dated, derogatory, feminine
    Sense id: en-Person-de-noun-9S1Z3jPq Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 21 79

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Person meaning in German (4.0kB)

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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "english": "Table for two, please!",
          "text": "Ein Tisch für zwei Personen, bitte!",
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        {
          "english": "Several individuals known to police were involved in the brawl.",
          "text": "An der Schlägerei waren mehrere polizeibekannte Personen beteiligt.",
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