Personalausweis
German, noun[pɛʁzoˈnaːlʔaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯s]
Personalausweis is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-A-U-S-W-E-I-S (15 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,880th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Personalausweis is a German masculine noun meaning “identity card, ID card” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “amtlicher Ausweis mit Lichtbild, Unterschrift und Personalien des Inhabers”.
What does Personalausweis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineidentity card, ID card
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. amtlicher Ausweis mit Lichtbild, Unterschrift und Personalien des Inhabers
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 Personalausweis
- Personalausweises genitive
- Personalausweise plural
- Personalausweisen dative definite plural
- Perso abbreviation colloquial
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Personalausweis?
- [pɛʁzoˈnaːlʔaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Personalausweis in German?
Personalausweis appears 2.5 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).