Definition
A single human being considered as an individual.
Translations
- English
- person
- Français
- personne
- Türkçe
- kişi
- Polski
- osoba
- Русский
- человек
- Українська
- людина
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Person
- A1
- Noun
- People & Family
person
/diː pɛʁˈzoːn/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Personen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- People & FamilyPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Im Raum ist nur eine Person.NominativSing.There is only one person in the room.
- Jede Person bekommt eine Karte.NominativSing.Each person gets a card.
- Ich suche eine bestimmte Person.AkkusativSing.I am looking for a specific person.
- Der Name der Person steht auf der Liste.GenitivSing.The person’s name is on the list.
- Die Personen warten vor dem Eingang.NominativPlur.The people are waiting in front of the entrance.
- Wir zählen alle Personen im Raum.AkkusativPlur.We count all the people in the room.
- Mit zehn Personen ist der Raum voll.DativPlur.With ten people, the room is full.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Person/pɛʁˈzoːn/
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Article phrase
die Person/diː pɛʁˈzoːn/
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Plural
Personen/pɛʁˈzoːnən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Person | die Personen |
| Akkusativ | die Person | die Personen |
| Dativ | der Person | den Personen |
| Genitiv | der Person | der Personen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine Person suchen
- Sentence patternpro Person
- Collocationeine Person anmelden
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Narrower termAusländerin — female foreign national
A Ausländerin is a Person; the term additionally indicates that she does not have the citizenship of the country where she resides.
- Narrower termAntragsteller — male applicant
- Narrower termAushilfe — temporary worker
- Narrower termBesitzer — owner
Besitzer refers to a person with a specific ownership relationship; Person is the more general term and also includes people without possessions.
- Narrower termBesucher — male visitor
- Narrower termBürger — male citizen
Every Bürger is a Person, but not every Person possesses the relevant citizenship or municipal affiliation.
- Narrower termAngehörige — relative
Person is the very general umbrella term; Angehörige more specifically denotes a man with a familial or close blood relationship.
- Narrower termAntragstellerin — female applicant
- Narrower termBewohnerin — female resident
- Narrower termCousine — female cousin
- Narrower termEinwohnerin — female resident
- Narrower termAusländer — male foreign national
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word