Personalabteilung
German, noun[pɛʁzoˈnaːlʔapˌtaɪ̯lʊŋ]
Personalabteilung is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-A-B-T-E-I-L-U-N-G (17 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,479th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Personalabteilung is a German feminine noun meaning “department of human resources” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “für die Mitarbeiter betreffende Angelegenheiten zuständige Einheit in einem Unternehmen”.
What does Personalabteilung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedepartment of human resources
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. für die Mitarbeiter betreffende Angelegenheiten zuständige Einheit 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 Personalabteilung
- Personalabteilungen plural
- Personal alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Personalabteilung?
- [pɛʁzoˈnaːlʔapˌtaɪ̯lʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Personalabteilung in German?
Personalabteilung appears 1.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).