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Fräulein (; literally, " little woman " or " little Mrs .") is the German language honorific previously in common use for unmarried women, comparable to Miss in English.
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Fräulein and little
* Fräulein (" little woman "), an older but similar German term, now often considered to be derogatory, especially when applied to adults.
Fräulein and woman
* In Fräulein Doktor, a Dino DeLaurentis film, 1969, a woman spy informs the Germans of Kitchener's travel plans.
The rather dated German word for a young ( unmarried ) woman, without implications regarding sexuality, is Fräulein.
Fräulein and is
" Das Fräulein von Scuderi ", an 1819 short story by E. T. A. Hoffmann, in which Mlle de Scudery establishes the innocence of the police's favorite suspect in the murder of a jeweller, is sometimes cited as the first detective story and a direct influence on Edgar Allan Poe's " The Murders in the Rue Morgue ".
However, since every German noun ending with-chen or-lein is grammatically neuter, there exist several notable counterexamples such as das Mädchen (" girl ") and das Fräulein (" miss ").
" Das Fräulein von Scuderi " ( Mademoiselle de Scudery ) is still widely read today, and is the origin of the " Cardillac syndrome " in psychology.
Fräulein is the diminutive form of Frau, which was previously reserved only for married women.
*" Fräulein " is the title of a 1960s song sung in German by Chris Howland.
In several languages the title for married women, such as Madame, Señora, Signora, or Frau, is the direct feminine equivalent of the title used for men ; the title for unmarried women is a diminutive: Mademoiselle, Señorita, Signorina, or Fräulein.
The character Frieda Brandenfeld in " The Judgment " is representative of Felice ( as well as the character Fräulein Bürstner in The Trial ).
In the play, the young student, Manuela, is destroyed because of rejection by her teacher, Fräulein Elizabeth von Bernburg, who did not dare to side with Manuela against the headmistress or oppose the brutal educational methods.
Fräulein and German
Fräulein was used in German as a title of respect, equivalent to current usage of Miss in English.
At first, she went by the name Fräulein Unbekannt ( German for Miss Unknown ) as she refused to reveal her identity.
German dictionary Duden, for instance, notes that women should only be addressed as Fräulein when they specifically request this form of address.
In an earlier comedy film, Unser Fräulein Doktor ( 1940 ), Jenny Jugo plays Dr. Elisabeth Hansen, a young attractive teacher at a Gymnasium ( German highschool ) who has to fight to be taken seriously as an intellectual.
* The legendary German tennis player Steffi Graf was given the nickname " Fräulein Forehand " by the press due to her extremely powerful forehand, considered by many as one of the greatest shots in the history of women's tennis.
The piece was composed as a setting of a song from Walter Scott's popular epic poem The Lady of the Lake, in a German translation by Adam Storck ( 1780-1822 ), and thus forms part of Schubert's Liederzyklus vom Fräulein vom See.
Fräulein and common
Hoffmann's tale Das Fräulein von Scuderi ( 1819 ), Elizabeth von Arnim's epistolary novel Fräulein Schmidt and Mr Anstruther ( 1907 ), and the comedy film Fräulein vom Amt ( 1954 ), whose title was a common phrase denoting a female operator at a telephone exchange.
Fräulein and use
Since the 1970s, Fräulein has come to be used less often, and was banned from official use in West Germany in 1972 by the Minister of the Interior.
Fräulein and for
He goes to work, and that night apologizes to Fräulein Bürstner for the intrusion into her room.
The two soon formed a close friendship and Droste wrote a number of ballads for inclusion in the book, among them " Das Fräulein von Rodenschild " and " Der Tod des Erzbischofs Engelbert von Köln ".
The term was also used for the title of the 1969 film Fräulein Doktor, the code name of a World War I spy.
Fräulein and women
" A similar change occurred in Germany, with women choosing " Frau " instead of " Fräulein " in an effort to disassociate marital status from title.
Fräulein and Miss
* Miss Pinkerton, Fräulein Weiner, Mademoiselle Chic, Signorina Tasso ( Angy's Governesses ) – Nina Sevening, Mary Fraser, Mabel Hirst, Joan Keddie
The diminutive form Fräulein ( meaning " Miss ", lit.
* Fräulein ( 1985 ) ( Miss )
Fräulein and .
The agents ' boss later arrives and holds a mini tribunal in the room of K .' s neighbor, Fräulein Bürstner.
K. returns home to find Fräulein Montag, a lodger from another room, moving in with Fräulein Bürstner.
Fräulein Bürstner – A boarder in the same house as Josef K. She lets him kiss her one night, but then rebuffs his advances.
Fräulein Montag – Friend of Fräulein Bürstner, she talks to K. about ending his relationship with Fräulein Bürstner after his arrest.
An early work of modern mystery fiction, Das Fräulein von Scuderi by E. T. A.
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