Timeline for When should you use "du" instead of "Sie"?
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| Nov 5, 2018 at 11:05 | history | edited | Ingo Bochmann | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 5, 2018 at 8:01 | comment | added | Carsten S | You are right. I was frustrated by the duplication, but more so than reasonable, and of course you are not to blame for it. | |
| Nov 2, 2018 at 12:18 | comment | added | Ingo Bochmann | @Carsten The OP asked for both relatives and unrelated strangers. That makes it hard to mark the question as duplicate. In the last paragraph he asked for unrelated strangers and I tried to answer this. For the relatives there is a clear answer by Janka. | |
| Nov 2, 2018 at 10:15 | comment | added | Carsten S | This does not address the specific situation in the question. If this is the kind of answer that we get, the question should have been closed as a duplicate. | |
| Nov 2, 2018 at 10:10 | comment | added | Ingo Bochmann | @VolkerLandgraf This is true, I added it in my answer. In most cases the higher ranking person is the elder one, but you are right in what you say. | |
| Nov 2, 2018 at 9:49 | history | edited | Ingo Bochmann | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added the hierarchie note.
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| Nov 2, 2018 at 9:36 | comment | added | Volker Landgraf | Also it is a convention that the elder person has to invite the younger one to use the "Du" - that is true in casual situations. In professional situations, however, hierarchy takes precedence over age, i.e. it is the higher ranking person who has to offer the "Du" | |
| Nov 2, 2018 at 9:21 | history | answered | Ingo Bochmann | CC BY-SA 4.0 |