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Is it der, die oder das Personal?

DAS

The correct article in German of Personal is das. So it is das Personal! (nominative case)

The word Personal is neuter, therefore the correct article is das.

Finding the right gender of a noun

German articles are used similarly to the English articles,a and the. However, they are declined differently (change) according to the number, gender and case of their nouns.

In the German language, the gender and therefore article is fixed for each noun.

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The most difficult part of learning the German language is the articles (der, die, das) or rather the gender of each noun. The gender of each noun in German has no simple rule. In fact, it can even seem illogical. For example das Mädchen, a young girl is neutral while der Junge, a young boy is male.

It is a good idea to learn the correct article for each new word together - even if it means a lot of work. For example learning "der Hund" (the dog) rather than just Hund by itself. Fortunately, there are some rules about gender in German that make things a little easier. It might be even nicer if these rules didn't have exceptions - but you can't have everything! The best way to learn them is with the App - Der-Die-Das Train! (available for iOS and Android)

German nouns belong either to the gender masculine (male, standard gender) with the definite article der, to the feminine (feminine) with the definite article die, or to the neuter (neuter) with the definite article das.

  • for masculine: points of the compass, weather (Osten, Monsun, Sturm; however it is: das Gewitter), liquor/spirits (Wodka, Wein, Kognak), minerals, rocks (Marmor, Quarz, Granit, Diamant);

  • for feminine: ships and airplanes (die Deutschland, die Boeing; however it is: der Airbus), cigarette brands (Camel, Marlboro), many tree and plant species (Eiche, Pappel, Kiefer; aber: der Flieder), numbers (Eins, Million; however it is: das Dutzend), most inland rivers (Elbe, Oder, Donau; aber: der Rhein);

  • for neutrals: cafes, hotels, cinemas (das Mariott, das Cinemaxx), chemical elements (Helium, Arsen; however it is: der Schwefel, masculine elements have the suffix -stoff), letters, notes, languages and colors (das Orange, das A, das Englische), certain brand names for detergents and cleaning products (Ariel, Persil), continents, countries (die artikellosen: (das alte) Europa; however exceptions include: der Libanon, die Schweiz …).

German declension of Personal?

How does the declension of Personal work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

1 Singular Plural
Nominative das Personal
Genitive des Personals
Dative dem Personal
Akkusative das Personal

What is the meaning of Personal in German?

Personal has various definitions in German:

[1] workforce of a business, company or a company

[1] Belegschaft eines Geschäftes, Unternehmens oder einer Firma

[2] Short for: service staff or house staff

[2] kurz für: Dienstpersonal oder Hauspersonal

How to use Personal in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Personal with translations in English.

[1] In der Firma Anton Steiner wird zur Zeit Personal abgebaut.

[1] In the Anton Steiner company, personnel are currently being dismantled

[2] Meine Großmutter beklagt, dass das Personal heutzutage nichts mehr tauge.

[2] My grandmother complains that the staff nowadays nothing more Tauge

[2] „Unter seinen großbürgerlichen Bekannten, für die Geld eine kleinere Sorge war und die ihr Personal auf den Schwarzmarkt zum Einkaufen schicken konnten, sah man die Situation nicht ganz so düster.“

[2] "Among his bourgeois acquaintances, for whom money was a smaller concern and who could send their staff to the black market for shopping, the situation was not quite so dark"

[2] „Amas Mutter sagte, es sei eine Schande, dass man dem Personal nicht mehr trauen könne.“

[2] "Ama's mother said it was a shame that the staff can no longer be trusted"

[2] „Natürlich hatte die Gräfin außer dem Butler noch anderes Personal: Zimmermädchen, Koch, Köchin, Gärtner, Zofe, Chauffeur.“

[2] "Of course the countess had other staff apart from the butler: maid, cook, cook, gardener, maid, chauffeur" "

[2] „Aber er hatte ja auch Vorteile davon: Er bekam billige Arbeitskräfte, wurde bekocht und konnte sein Personal mit einem Hungerlohn abspeisen.“

[2] "But he also had advantages: he got cheap workers, was cooked and was able to eat his staff with a hunger wage"

How do you pronounce Personal?

Personal

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