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person person, individual; someone (often female) who is not proper company, mostly because they are of lower class or doubtful morals

person is the #231 most common word in German, a noun. It means “person, individual; someone (often female) who is not proper company, mostly because they are of lower class or doubtful morals” and is pronounced /pɛrˈzoːn/.

#231frequency rank
0.05%of everyday German text
Level 1Beginner 1

Forms of person

FormWhat it isMeaning
Persongenitiveof the person
Personenpluralpeople
Persönchendiminutivelittle person
Personnominative sg.the person
Personennominative pl.people
Persongenitive sg.of the person
Personengenitive pl.of the people
Persondative sg.to the person
Personendative pl.to the people
Personaccusative sg.the person (object)
Personenaccusative pl.the people (object)

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