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German
Etymology
From Middle High German persōnlich. By surface analysis, Person + -lich. Cognate with Hunsrik persenlich, Yiddish פּערזענלעך (perzenlekh).
Pronunciation
Adjective
persönlich (strong nominative masculine singular persönlicher, comparative persönlicher, superlative am persönlichsten)
- personal
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 19:
Die eigenen Zimmer hatten sich die Enkel nach persönlichem Geschmack eingerichtet.- The grandchildren had furnished their own rooms according to their personal taste.
- friendly (atmosphere etc.)
Declension
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Adverb
persönlich
- personally, in person
- Synonym: personaliter
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