personlig

Danish

Adjective

personlig (neuter personligt, plural and definite singular attributive personlige)

1. personal

Declension

Inflection of personlig
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	personlig	personligere	personligst2
Indefinite neuter singular	personligt	personligere	personligst2
Plural	personlige	personligere	personligst2
Definite attributive1	personlige	personligere	personligste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Further reading

• “personlig” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From person +‎ -lig.

Adjective

personlig (neuter singular personlig, definite singular and plural personlige, comparative personligere, or mer personlig, indefinite superlative personligst, or mest personlig, definite superlative personligste, or mest personlige)

1. personal

Antonyms

• upersonlig

Derived terms

• personlighet

References

• “personlig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

person +‎ -lig

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛˈʂoːnlɪɡ/

• Audio

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Adjective

personlig (comparative personligare, superlative personligast)

1. personal (pertaining or tailored to a specific person)

   Ta inte det här personligt

   Don't take this personally

   sätta sin personliga prägel på något

   put one's personal touch on something

   Jag vill understryka att det här är min personliga åsikt och inte partiets

   I want to emphasize that this is my personal opinion and not that of the party

   Jobbet kräver rätt personliga egenskaper

   The job requires the right personal qualities

   personliga påhopp

   personal attacks

   personlig hygien

   personal hygiene

   personligt utformad utbildning

   personalized ("personally designed") education

   • 1968, Cornelis Vreeswijk (lyrics and music), “Personliga Person [Personal Person]”, in Tio vackra visor och Personliga Person [Ten beautiful songs and Personal Person]:

     ["Person" is pronounced like the last name "Persson" in this song] Personliga Person satt en morgon vid frukostbordet och läste i morgonbladet att det senaste lustmordet bjöd på en mängd pikanta detaljer. Mördaren hade använt vissa attiraljer. Dessa nämndes i bladet, och det var ju bra det.
     
     Personliga Persons fru och hans vidriga dotter, de sutto [archaic] i sina särkar ännu och sina papiljotter. Person såg på dem med föga sympati, och i sitt stilla sinna tänkte Person "Tvi!" – fast han ingenting sade, och det var ju bra det.
     
     Personliga Person far med bussen som alla andra. I överrock och med handskar och hatt låter han sina tankar vandra. Och tankarna far precis som de vill, och ingen hade kunnat gissa sig till vad slags tankar han hade, och det var ju bra det.
     
     Personliga Person far mot hemmet per tunnelbana. En trettiosjua brännevin [brännvin] har han med sig av gammal vana. Sen spöar han sin fru med dunder och med brak, och somnar som ett svin och vaknar som ett vrak. Men, se, roligt det var det, och det var ju bra det.
     
     Personliga Person står i telefonkatalogen, och om du de rätta siffrorna slår så svarar han glad i hågen. Ja, visst finns det många Pärsöner ["son" jokingly inflected for plural], men personliga Person finns det bara en, och det råkar var jag det, och det var ju bra det.

     Personal Person sat one morning at the breakfast table and read in the morning paper that the latest lust murder offered a range of piquant details. The killer had used certain paraphernalia. These were mentioned in the paper, and that's good [literally, "and that was good," or – see ju – "and yeah, that was good," "and that was good, of course," or the like].
     
     Personal Person's wife and his disgusting [or "vile," "repugnant," "odious" or the like – stronger than "disgusting"] daughter, they were still sitting in their robes [shifts or nightgowns – nattlinne is more common] and their curlers. Person looked at them with little sympathy, and quietly to himself ["in his calm/still mind" – idiomatic], Person thought "Yuck!" – though he didn't say anything, and that's good.
     
     Personal Person goes by bus like everyone else. In an overcoat and with gloves and a hat, he lets his thoughts wander [idiomatic for letting one's mind wander]. And his thoughts [just] go wherever they want ["go precisely as they want," with "fara" implying swift movement], and no one could have guessed [would have been able to guess themselves to] what kind of thoughts he had, and that's good.
     
     Personal Person heads for home by metro. A half bottle vodka ["thirty-sevener" – compare halvböj] he carries [has] with him out of [old] habit. Then he beats up his wife with thunder and with crash ["med dunder och brak" is used idiomatically for sudden, forceful (loud) activity, like "with a (crash and a) bang"], falls asleep like a pig and wakes up a wreck. But, see, it was fun [fun, that was it], and that's good.
     
     Personal Person is in the phone book, and if you punch in the right numbers, he'll answer cheerfully. Yes, there certainly are many Persons, but personal Person there is only one, and that happens to be me, and that's good [could also be taken as a quote].

   1. personalized

      personliga annonser

      personalized ads

      Synonyms: personanpassad, personligt utformad

   2. individual

      personlig smak

      personal/individual taste

      Synonym: individuell

2. personal (private or intimate)

   Företagets vd säger att han avgår av personliga skäl

   The CEO of the company says he is resigning for personal reasons

   ställa en personlig fråga

   ask a personal question

   Jag tänker inte svara på det. Det är alldeles för personligt.

   I'm not going to answer that. It is way too personal.

3. personal ((marked by being) free from affectation in interactions, natural)

   Hon är väldigt personlig trots att hon är megakändis

   She is very personal despite being a mega-celebrity

4. (in some expressions) personal (able to be perceived as a person)

   en personlig gudom

   a personal deity

5. (grammar) personal

   personliga pronomen som "jag" och "du"

   personal pronouns like "I" and "you"

Declension

Inflection of personlig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	personlig	personligare	personligast
Neuter singular	personligt	personligare	personligast
Plural	personliga	personligare	personligast
Masculine plural3	personlige	personligare	personligast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	personlige	personligare	personligaste
All	personliga	personligare	personligaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

• opersonlig
• personligt brev (“cover letter”)

See also

• individuell
• skräddarsydd

Further reading

• personlig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• personlig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• personlig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)