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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.
The German nobility (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.
List of honorifics may refer to: English honorifics; French honorifics; Canadian honorifics; Chinese honorifics; Filipino styles and honorifics; German honorifics; Hokkien honorifics; Honorific nicknames in popular music; Indian honorifics; Indonesian honorifics; Italian honorifics; Japanese honorifics; Javanese language#Registers; Korean ...
Pages in category "Honorifics by language" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. ... German honorifics; H. Hokkien honorifics; I.
Pages in category "Honorifics by country" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... German honorifics; I. Honorary titles of Indian leaders;
Fräulein (/ ˈ f r ɔɪ. l aɪ n / FROY-lyne, German: [ˈfʁɔʏlaɪn] ⓘ) is the German language honorific for unmarried women, comparable to Miss in English and Mademoiselle in French. Description
A First World War Canadian electoral campaign poster. Hun (or The Hun) is a term that originally refers to the nomadic Huns of the Migration Period.Beginning in World War I it became an often used pejorative seen on war posters by Western Allied powers and the basis for a criminal characterisation of the Germans as barbarians with no respect for civilisation and humanitarian values having ...
Junker is a German noble honorific, meaning "young nobleman" or otherwise "young lord". Reis is an obscure aristocratic title from the coastlines of Lebanon and Syria that is roughly equivalent to a Baron. The word itself can be translated as "Commodore", and is found only among a few of the former "Merchant Aristocrat" houses of the former ...