"Personal" meaning in German

See Personal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: De-Personal.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Rhymes: -aːl Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin personale. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:bor|la-med:personale}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Medieval Latin", "term" : "personale", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la-med" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Personal", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Personal">, {{bor+|de|la-med|personale}} Borrowed from Medieval Latin personale Head templates: {{de-noun|n}} Personal n (strong, genitive Personals, plural Personale) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n}} Forms: Personals [genitive], Personale [plural], strong [table-tags], Personal [nominative, singular], Personale [definite, nominative, plural], Personals [genitive, singular], Personale [definite, genitive, plural], Personal [dative, singular], Personalen [dative, definite, plural], Personal [accusative, singular], Personale [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. staff, personnel, employees Tags: neuter, strong Synonyms: Belegschaft Hyponyms: Pflegepersonal, Zugpersonal Derived forms: Personaler, Personalien, Personalrochade Related terms: Personalabteilung, Personalversammlung
    Sense id: en-Personal-de-noun-kgn720S1 Categories (other): German entries referencing missing etymons, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries referencing missing etymons: 76 24 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
  2. (informal) ellipsis of Personalabteilung (“human resources”) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, neuter, strong Alternative form of: Personalabteilung (extra: human resources)
    Sense id: en-Personal-de-noun-D6A2KqLq Categories (other): German ellipses

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2010, Der Spiegel, number 46/2010, page 96:",
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