Is it der, die or das Personal?

DAS

Personal

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.

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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"