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)

  1. high society
    Synonym: Hautevolee
    • 2022 July 12, Bettina Maria Brosowsky, “Hanseatische Polychromie”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎[2], →ISSN, page 28:
      Farbig bauen? So etwas war der Hamburger High Society meistens denn doch zu bunt.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

  1. ^ “Schreibung von Fremdwörtern aus dem Englischen [Spelling of loan words from English]”, in Duden‎[1] (in German), Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 20 January 2023

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