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, ISSN 0931-9085, 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
  1. “Schreibung von Fremdwörtern aus dem Englischen [Spelling of loan words from English]”, in Duden‎ (in German), Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, (please provide a date or year), archived from the original on 2023-01-20

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