Person

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sən

Person

1. A surname.

• Person County

• Posner, nopers, preons, prones, spreon

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

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

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• Hyphenation: Per‧son

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!

• 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.

• “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.

• IPA^(key): /pʰɛˈsoːn/

Person f (plural Persone)

1. person

• persenlich

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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

Person c (genitive Persons)

1. a surname originating as a patronymic

• porens, porsen, ropens