Personalpronomen

[pɛʁzoˈnaːlpʁoˌnoːmən]

/[pɛʁzoˈnaːlpʁoˌnoːmən]/ noun

The verdict

“Personalpronomen” is uncommon German (frequency #74,949 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,949
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - für die sprechende(n) oder angesprochene(n) Person(en) beziehungsweise Ding(e) stehendes Pronomen

Corpus desk

Index DE-personalpronomen · Personalpronomen · German

Personalpronomen · rank #74,949 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,949
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Personalführu…

Nearest frequency peer: Personalführung (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Personalpronomen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Personalpronomen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Personalpronomen
PropertyValue
HeadwordPersonalpronomen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɛʁzoˈnaːlpʁoˌnoːmən]
Letters16
Frequency rank#74,949
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Personalpronomen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Personalpronomenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Personalführung“ (#74,948), „Peruaner“ (#74,950), „Perkussion“ (#74,947). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Personalpronomen“ bei #74,949. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Personalpronomen is uncommon German at frequency #74,949 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɛʁzoˈnaːlpʁoˌnoːmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "für die sprechende(n) oder angesprochene(n) Person(en) beziehungsweise Ding(e) stehendes Pronomen".

Zero misspellings are on record for Personalpronomen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Personalpronomen, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-P-R-O-N-O-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    für die sprechende(n) oder angesprochene(n) Person(en) beziehungsweise Ding(e) stehendes Pronomen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Personalpronomen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Ich“ ist das Personalpronomen der 1. Person.
  2. „Als Konsequenz aus diesem Flexionsabbau ergibt sich, daß primär die Personalpronomina für das Funktionieren der Verbalflexion verantwortlich sind - ein Zustand, der sich nur geringfügig von den Verhältnissen im Dänischen, Schwedischen oder Norwegischen und deren Einheitsflexion abhebt.“

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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Personalpronomen"?
"Personalpronomen" is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-P-R-O-N-O-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [pɛʁzoˈnaːlpʁoˌnoːmən].
What does "Personalpronomen" mean?
As a noun, "Personalpronomen" means: für die sprechende(n) oder angesprochene(n) Person(en) beziehungsweise Ding(e) stehendes Pronomen
How do you pronounce "Personalpronomen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Personalpronomen" is [pɛʁzoˈnaːlpʁoˌnoːmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Personalpronomen" come from?
"Personalpronomen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Personalpronomen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list