Person

person -person English + (surname) Pronunciation en ɜː(ɹ)sən 2 Proper noun en. Derived terms en Person County Anagrams en enoprs Posner nopers preons prones spreon German Etymology From de gmh persōn, gmh persōne. Pronunciation de /pɛrˈzoːn/ [pɛɐ̯ˈzoːn] [pɛʁˈzoːn] de De-Person.ogg de De-Person2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Per son Noun f ^chen person, individual de Ein Tisch für zwei Personen, bitte! Table for two [persons], please! de An der Schlägerei waren mehrere polizeibekannte Personen beteiligt. Several individuals known to police were involved in the brawl. de pejorative dated someone (often female) who is not proper company, mostly because they are of lower class or doubtful morals de 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 “someone”, “anyone”). Otherwise de Mensch is preferred in many contexts. For example, one would say de Sie ist ein netter Mensch. She’s a nice person.; de Person would sound odd in this sentence. Declension f Hyponyms de Frauensperson Hauptperson Mannsperson Privatperson Testperson Unperson Verbindungsperson Versuchsperson Vertrauensperson Weibsperson Derived terms de Persönchen Personal personell persönlich Related terms de Personenkraftwagen Personenschutz Personenschützer Antipersonenmine Einpersonenhaushalt Mehrpersonenhaushalt Further reading de Hunsrik Pronunciation hrx /pʰɛˈsoːn/ Noun f Persone person Derived terms hrx persenlich Further reading Swedish Etymology Originally a patronymic form sv Per son "son of Per". A rare spelling variant of Persson. Proper noun c sv patronymics Anagrams sv enoprs porens porsen ropens