Personal

Borrowed from Medieval Latin personale.

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Personal n (strong, genitive Personals, plural Personale)

1. staff, personnel, employees

   Synonym: Belegschaft

   • 2010, Der Spiegel‎^[1], number 46/2010, page 96:

     Fachkräftemangel ist kein düsteres Zukunftsszenario mehr. Vor allem in Ostdeutschland ringen Firmen schon heute um Personal.

     A lack of skilled workers is no longer a dark future scenario. Primarily in eastern Germany, companies are struggling for employees already today.

2. (informal) ellipsis of Personalabteilung (“human resources”)

• The plural is attestable when referring to different companies: die Personale beider Firmen (“the staffs of both companies”). Even in this context, however, it is usually avoided; Belegschaften or simply Mitarbeiter will be used instead.

• Pflegepersonal
• Zugpersonal

• Personaler, Personalien

• Personalabteilung
• Personalversammlung

• “Personal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Personal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Personal” in Duden online
• Personal on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Borrowed from German Personal.

• IPA^(key): /pæʀzoˈnaːl/

Personal n (uncountable)

1. personnel, staff

   Dës Toilettë sinn nëmme fir d'Personal. ― These toilets are only for staff.