Personenverkehr
German, noun/pɛʁˈzoːnənfɛɐ̯ˌkeːɐ̯/
Personenverkehr is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-E-N-V-E-R-K-E-H-R (15 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,669th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Personenverkehr is a German masculine noun meaning “passenger transport, passenger transit, passenger traffic (transportation of people as opposed to freight)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sammelbezeichnung für alle Möglichkeiten der Personenbeförderung”.
What does Personenverkehr mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepassenger transport, passenger transit, passenger traffic (transportation of people as opposed to freight)
Der Bahnhof dient ausschließlich dem Personenverkehr.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sammelbezeichnung für alle Möglichkeiten der Personenbeförderung
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 Personenverkehr
- Personenverkehrs genitive
- PV abbreviation
- Personenverkehres genitive singular
- Personenverkehre dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Personenverkehr?
- /pɛʁˈzoːnənfɛɐ̯ˌkeːɐ̯/
- [pɛʁˈzoːnənfɛɐ̯ˌkeːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Personenverkehr
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Personenverkehr in German?
Personenverkehr appears 1.7 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).