Person

See also: person and -person

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sən

Proper noun

Person

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Person County

Anagrams

• Posner, nopers, preons, prones, spreon

German

Etymology

From Middle High German persōn, persōne, from Latin persōna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛrˈzoːn/, [pɛɐ̯ˈzoːn], [pɛʁˈzoːn]

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• Hyphenation: Per‧son

Noun

Person f (genitive Person, plural Personen, diminutive Persönchen n, masculine Mannsperson, feminine Weibsperson or Frauensperson)

1. person, individual

   Ein Tisch für zwei Personen, bitte!

   Table for two, please!

   An der Schlägerei waren mehrere polizeibekannte Personen beteiligt.

   Several individuals known to police were involved in the brawl.

2. (derogatory, dated) someone (often female) who is not proper company, mostly because they are of lower class or doubtful morals

   Diese Person kommt mir nicht mehr ins Haus!

   I don’t want this person in my house again!

Usage notes

• The German word is used chiefly when the identity of the person is either unknown or irrelevant (as in “somebody”, “anybody”). Otherwise Mensch is preferred in many contexts. For example, one would say Sie ist ein netter Mensch. (“She’s a nice person.”) Person would sound odd in this sentence.

Declension

Declension of Person [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Person	die	Personen
genitive	einer	der	Person	der	Personen
dative	einer	der	Person	den	Personen
accusative	eine	die	Person	die	Personen

Derived terms

• Hauptperson
• Personal
• personell
• persönlich
• Unperson

 

Further reading

• “Person” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Person” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Person” in Duden online
• Person on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Person” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰɛˈsoːn/

Noun

Person f (plural Persone)

1. person

Derived terms

• persenlich

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Swedish

Etymology

Originally a patronymic form Per +‎ -son "son of Per". A rare spelling variant of Persson.

Proper noun

Person c (genitive Persons)

1. a surname originating as a patronymic

Anagrams

• porens, porsen, ropens