Personalabbau
German, noun[pɛɐ̯zoˈnaːlʔapˌbaʊ̯]
Personalabbau is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-A-B-B-A-U (13 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 85,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Personalabbau is a German masculine noun meaning “downsizing (laying off of personnel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Streichung von Arbeitsplätzen in einem Unternehmen”.
What does Personalabbau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedownsizing (laying off of personnel)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Streichung von Arbeitsplätzen in einem Unternehmen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Personalabbau
- Personalabbaus genitive
- Personalabbaues genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Personalabbau?
- [pɛɐ̯zoˈnaːlʔapˌbaʊ̯]
- [pɛʁzoˈnaːlʔapˌbaʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Personalabbau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Personalabbau in German?
Personalabbau appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).