personlijke

Personlijke is not a standard Dutch word. In most contexts it is regarded as a misspelling or typographical error for the adjective persoonlijke or, in some cases, persoonlijk. The standard forms arise from the Dutch root persoon (person) plus the suffix -lijk, which yields meaning related to a person or personal. Depending on placement and gender-number agreement, the correct forms are persoonlijke or persoonlijk.

If encountered, personlike spellings typically result from dropping the vowel that links the root to the suffix or from OCR/transcription mistakes. The accepted spellings and their usage are as follows:

- persoonlijk: used as the base adjective or as an adverb in many contexts. Example: "Ik denk persoonlijk dat dit klopt."

- persoonlijke: used before a feminine singular noun or in definite/plural noun phrases. Example: "de persoonlijke gegevens" or "een persoonlijke mening."

In standard Dutch writing, correcting personlijke to een van these forms is advised to ensure proper grammar and readability. The confusion often arises in long compounds or in informal text, but formal and edited Dutch adheres to persoonlijke or persoonlijk as appropriate.

Brand names or proper nouns may occasionally adopt unconventional spellings, including "Personlijke," but such uses are atypical and function as identifiers rather than common words.

See also: Dutch language, spelling, adjective inflection, persoonsgegevens, privacy.