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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.

  2. 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