English-German translations for impersonal

• unpersönlich
  Sie haben theoretisch und unpersönlich geantwortet. You reply in a theoretical and impersonal way.
  Es ist leicht auszuweichen, aber Sie sind verantwortlich und müssen die Anfragen beantworten, und nicht so theoretisch und unpersönlich, wie Sie es getan haben. It is very easy to avoid the question, but you are responsible and you must reply to what you are asked and not in a theoretical and impersonal way.

Definition of impersonal

• Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality
• Lacking warmth or emotion; cold
• Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent
• An impersonal word or construct

Examples

• She sounded impersonal as she gave her report of the Nazi death camps
• The verb “rain” is impersonal in sentences like “It’s raining.”

Related words

• impersonality
• impersonally
• impersonalize
• impersonal subject
• impersonal verb
• impersonal account