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German honorifics. Honorifics are words that connote esteem or respect when used in addressing or referring to a person. In the German language, honorifics distinguish people by age, sex, profession, academic achievement, and rank. In the past, a distinction was also made between married and unmarried women.
Fräulein is the diminutive form of Frau, which was previously reserved only for married women. Frau is in origin the equivalent of "My lady" or "Madam", a form of address of a noblewoman. But by an ongoing process of devaluation of honorifics, it came to be used as the unmarked term for "woman" by about 1800.
The most common honorifics in modern English are usually placed immediately before a person's name. Honorifics used (both as style and as form of address) include, in the case of a man, "Mr." (irrespective of marital status), and, in the case of a woman, previously either of two depending on marital status: "Miss" if unmarried and "Mrs." if married, widowed, or divorced; more recently, a third ...
In linguistics, an honorific (abbreviated HON) is a grammatical or morphosyntactic form that encodes the relative social status of the participants of the conversation. . Distinct from honorific titles, linguistic honorifics convey formality FORM, social distance, politeness POL, humility HBL, deference, or respect through the choice of an alternate form such as an affix, clitic, grammatical ...
The German nobility (German: deutscher Adel) and royalty were status groups of the medieval society in Central Europe, which enjoyed certain privileges relative to other people under the laws and customs in the German-speaking area, until the beginning of the 20th century. Historically, German entities that recognized or conferred nobility ...
Decorations awarded by the president of the Federal Republic of Germany. German Order of Merit. Eichendorff-Plakette. Grubenwehr-Ehrenzeichen (Mine rescue service badge of honor) Pro-Musica-Plakette. Silbermedaille für den Behindertensport (silver medal for the disabled sports) Silbernes Lorbeerblatt. Sportplakette des Bundespräsidenten ...
Honorary titles of Indian leaders. Indian honorifics. Indonesian honorifics. Italian honorifics.
Middle High German (MHG; ‹See Tfd› German: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhdt., Mhd.) [ˈmɪtl̩hoːxˌdɔɪ̯tʃ] ⓘ) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High German and into Early New High German .