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The feminized version Doktorin (doctress) is possible, but addressing someone as Frau Doktorin is rare. Magister an academic degree somewhat the equivalent of a Master's degree. In Austria this also gives the right to a honorific of the same name (being addressed as "Herr Magister", "Frau Magistra" etc.); in Germany this is quite unusual. Ingenieur
By the 1960s, this came to be seen as patronising by proponents of feminism, partly because there is no equivalent male diminutive, and during the 1970s and 1980s, the term Fräulein became nearly taboo in urban and official settings, while it remained an unmarked standard in many rural areas. It is seen as sexist by modern feminists.
The male form is Pan, the feminine form is Pani. [2] Panna is sometimes used to refer to young women (comparable to Fräulein in German and Mademoiselle in French) but is becoming less common. [3] The collective is Państwo for a group of men and women, Panowie for a group of men, and Panie for a group of women. [2]
Fräulein is the German language honorific previously in common use for unmarried women, comparable to Miss in English.. Fräulein may also refer to: "Fraulein" (song), a 1957 song
"Fraulein" is a 1957 song written by Lawton Williams and sung by Bobby Helms. Released by Decca Records that year, "Fraulein" was Helms's debut single on the U.S. country chart, reaching #1 for four weeks and staying on chart for 52 weeks, the sixth longest song in country music history to spend over 50 weeks on the country singles chart.
A.H. Weiler, writing for The New York Times, described the film as "a curiously episodic adventure whose parts are far more interesting than the whole drama." [2] Of the stars, he wrote that "Miss Wynter is an appealing, if somewhat docile, heroine", while "the quality of docility is more than marked in Mr. Ferrer", who is "on occasion, restrained to the point of apathy."
In the earlier version of "Rumpelstiltskin," The Miller's Daughter has a perplexing, but empowering problem, she can only spin straw into gold, and is unable to complete her needed domestic duties. In the now popular 1812 version of "Rumpelstiltskin," The Miller's daughter is forced to spin straw into gold by a greedy king, but continually ...
"Docteur" (Dr) is used for medical practitioners whereas "Professeur" is used for professors and teachers.The holders of a doctorate other than medical are generally not referred to as Docteurs, though they have the legal right to use the title; Professors in academia used the style Monsieur le Professeur rather than the honorific plain Professeur.