Der, die or das Personal?
das Personal
- Gender
- neuter
- English
- staff
- Plural
- die Personale
Why is it das Personal?
No ending or meaning rule gives away the gender of Personal. Like many everyday German nouns, it has to be learned together with its article: das Personal.
For the endings that do predict gender, see the Der-Die-Das rules guide.
Example sentences
- Das Personal im Krankenhaus arbeitet sehr hart.The staff in the hospital work very hard.
- Die Firma sucht neues Personal für das Büro.The company is looking for new staff for the office.
Personal in the four cases
The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Personal: definite article first, then the indefinite article.
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | der / ein | die / eine | das / ein | die |
| Accusative | den / einen | die / eine | das / ein | die |
| Dative | dem / einem | der / einer | dem / einem | den |
| Genitive | des / eines | der / einer | des / eines | der |
Personal is one of about 1,700 common nouns in the free Der-Die-Das trainer. Short daily rounds with spaced repetition make the article stick.