High Society
See also: high society
German
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English high society.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /haɪ̯ səˈsaɪ̯əti/, (older) /haɪ̯ soˈsaɪ̯iti/
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Noun
High Society f (genitive High Society, no plural)
- high society
- Synonym: Hautevolee
- 2022 July 12, Bettina Maria Brosowsky, “Hanseatische Polychromie”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN, page 28:
- Farbig bauen? So etwas war der Hamburger High Society meistens denn doch zu bunt.
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Usage notes
- The Duden prescribes that unadapted borrowings from English consisting of an adjective and a noun (that carries the stress) be written spaced (High Society). The hyphenated (High-Society) and solid (Highsociety) spellings are proscribed.[1]
Declension
Declension of High Society [sg-only, feminine]
| singular | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | High Society |
| genitive | einer | der | High Society |
| dative | einer | der | High Society |
| accusative | eine | die | High Society |
References
- “Schreibung von Fremdwörtern aus dem Englischen [Spelling of loan words from English]”, in Duden (in German), Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 2023-01-20
Further reading
- “High Society” in Duden online
- “High Society” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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