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, 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

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	High Society
genitive	einer	der	High Society
dative	einer	der	High Society
accusative	eine	die	High Society

Declension of High Society [sg-only, feminine]

References

1. “Schreibung von Fremdwörtern aus dem Englischen”, 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