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Re: girl name
Perhaps you could post another, clearer message? I just don't know what you mean.Gnaedige Frau is Dear Madam - the way you start a formal letter to a woman. She could be superior, inferior or Frau Average.
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gnädige FrauYou wouldn't start a letter to a woman with "gnädige Frau" in Germany nowadays. It's VERY old fashioned!
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Thanks - then I'm showing my age! (Or my long-ago German teacher's age - I'm convinced she sailed with Noah!) But, equally, it's not anything to name a child with.
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Right! Gnädige Frau definitely isn't a name at all!
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