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persönlich

adj · /pɛʁˈzøːnlɪç/ ·
Etymology

From Middle High German persōnlich. By surface analysis, Person + -lich. Cognate with Hunsrik persenlich, Yiddish פּערזענלעך (perzenlekh).

Translation

  1. personal

    1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 19

    The grandchildren had furnished their own rooms according to their personal taste.

    Leider würden viele Leute Dinge glauben, die man ihnen per E-Mail sagt, die sie persönlich erzählt nicht plausibel finden würden.

    Sadly many people will believe things told to them via an email which they would find implausible face-to-face.

    Es wurde mir von der Königin persönlich überreicht.

    It was given to me by the Queen herself.

  2. in person source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
  3. chummy source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  4. in person source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  5. personally; in person; in the flesh; yourself source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en
  6. friendly (atmosphere etc.)

persönlich

adv · /pɛʁˈzøːnlɪç/ ·
Etymology

From Middle High German persōnlich. By surface analysis, Person + -lich. Cognate with Hunsrik persenlich, Yiddish פּערזענלעך (perzenlekh).

Translation

  1. personally, in person
  2. personally source:wikdict-en-de-stardict