🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Persönlich

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pɛʁˈzøːnlɪç

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Personally/ˈpɜːrsənəli/
adverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Ich persönlich finde das sehr interessant."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    In a personal manner; relating to oneself.

    "I personally believe that education is the key to success."
  2. 2

    Used to emphasize that something is true for the speaker.

    "Personally, I think the movie was overrated."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'personally' originates from the Latin root 'persona', meaning 'mask' or 'character', which evolved through Old French 'persone' before entering Middle English as 'personele'. Over time, it has come to denote a sense of individual involvement or opinion.

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