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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 ...
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.
In modern usage any woman age 18 or above is addressed as Frau, whether married or not. L, T, DW fr. frei: free DW Frl. Fräulein: Miss In modern usage any woman age 18 or above is addressed as Frau, whether married or not. L, T Frfr. Freifrau
How do you address a couple? One of the most traditional ways to address a couple made up of a man and woman is by using formal titles followed by the man’s first and last name. For example, Mr.
informal ты (ty, "you", "thou" in old English); Вы ("Vy") is the plural of both forms to address a pair or group. Historically, it comes from German, under Peter the Great, which uses du and Sie similarly. [citation needed] Other than the use of patronymics, Russian forms of address in Russian are very similar to English ones.
Modern-day etiquette still recognizes a traditional family, but it also is much more inclusive of families who have taken a different path.
Messrs. or Messieurs is a historically used term to address many men rather than "Mr Pink, Mr White, et al." Messrs is the abbreviation (pronounced "messers") for messieurs and is used in English. Mesdames addresses many women; pronounced "Meydammes". On occasion, one may use "Sir" or "Madam" by itself as the salutation, with nothing preceding.
John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis were one of America's most beloved and widely recognized couples — but their marriage wasn't without scandal — even before they wed. It's ...