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  2. Mahlzeit - Wikipedia

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    It is the short form of a more formal salutation, "Gesegnete Mahlzeit" (archaic term, de: Blessed mealtime). [1] The salutation is commonly used without connection to food or eating in Northern Germany, and this usage, corresponding to something like "hello, everyone" or "I'm off, folks", is becoming more and more widespread in informal ...

  3. German honorifics - Wikipedia

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    Like many languages, German has pronouns for both familiar (used with family members, intimate friends, and children) and polite forms of address. The polite equivalent of "you" is "Sie." Grammatically speaking, this is the 3rd-person-plural form, and, as a subject of a sentence, it always takes the 3rd-person-plural forms of verbs and ...

  4. Grüß Gott - Wikipedia

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    The expression grüß Gott (German pronunciation: [ɡʁyːs ɡɔt]; from grüß dich Gott, originally '(may) God bless (you)') [1] is a greeting, less often a farewell, in Southern Germany and Austria (more specifically the Upper German Sprachraum, especially in Bavaria, Franconia, Swabia, Austria, and South Tyrol).

  5. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Say – EG (e.g., short for the Latin exempli gratia) Seaman – AB (able seaman) Second – S or MO (moment) Secret service – SS; Secretary – PA (personal assistant) Section – OR (Other Ranks – a 'section' of the British Armed Forces) See – LO; Senior Service – RN (Royal Navy) Sergeant Major - SM; Setter – I, ME, ONE (meaning the ...

  6. Response to sneezing - Wikipedia

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    Thank you "Thank you" Slovak: Na zdravie "To your health" Ďakujem "Thank you" Slovenian: Na zdravje, Res je, or the old-fashioned Bog pomagaj "To your health", "it is true", or "God help to you". Folk belief has it that a sneeze, which is involuntary, proves the truth of whatever was said just prior to it. Hvala "Thank you" Spanish

  7. List of German expressions in English - Wikipedia

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    As languages, English and German descend from the common ancestor language West Germanic and further back to Proto-Germanic; because of this, some English words are essentially identical to their German lexical counterparts, either in spelling (Hand, Sand, Finger) or pronunciation ("fish" = Fisch, "mouse" = Maus), or both (Arm, Ring); these are ...

  8. Category:German words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    This category is not for articles about concepts and things but only for articles about the words themselves.Please keep this category purged of everything that is not actually an article about a word or phrase.

  9. Letter of thanks - Wikipedia

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    A letter of thanks, letter of gratitude, thank you card, or thank you letter is a letter or greetings card that is used when one person/party wishes to express appreciation to another. They are frequently sent after an event (a birthday party, a religious festival or holiday) and especially when a gift has been received. [ 1 ]