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The German nobility ( German: deutscher Adel) and royalty were status groups of the medieval society in Central Europe, which enjoyed certain privileges relative to other people under the laws and customs in the German-speaking area, until the beginning of the 20th century. Historically, German entities that recognized or conferred nobility ...
A nobiliary particle is a type of onomastic particle used in a surname or family name in many Western cultures to signal the nobility of a family. The particle used varies depending on the country, language and period of time. In some languages, it is the same as a regular prepositional particle that was used in the creation of many surnames.
von. The term von ( [fɔn] ⓘ) is used in German surnames either as a nobiliary particle indicating a noble patrilineality, or as a simple preposition used by commoners that means 'of' or 'from' . Nobility directories like the Almanach de Gotha often abbreviate the noble term von to v. In medieval or early modern names, the von particle was at ...
Deutsches Wörterbuch. The Deutsches Wörterbuch ( German: [ˌdɔʏtʃəs ˈvœʁtɐbuːx]; "The German Dictionary"), abbreviated DWB, is the largest and most comprehensive dictionary of the German language in existence. [1] [2] Encompassing modern High German vocabulary in use since 1450, it also includes loanwords adopted from other languages ...
Middle High German(MHG; German: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhdt., Mhd.)) is the term for the form of Germanspoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High Germanand into Early New High German. High Germanis defined as those varieties of German which were affected by the Second Sound Shift; the ...
The German orthography reform of 1996 ( Reform der deutschen Rechtschreibung von 1996) was a change to German spelling and punctuation that was intended to simplify German orthography and thus to make it easier to learn, [1] without substantially changing the rules familiar to users of the language. The reform was based on an international ...
House of La Marck. Coat of arms of the county, the Counts of the Mark, the House of Mark and, to this day, the city of Hamm. The House of La Marck ( German: Haus Mark; von der Mark) was an ancient German noble family, which from about 1200 appeared as the Counts of Mark .
van (Dutch) van. (Dutch) Owing to its Flemish origin, the surname of Ludwig van Beethoven contains the prefix van, rather than (as might be expected of someone born in Bonn) its German equivalent von. van ( Dutch pronunciation: [vɑn] ⓘ) is a very common prefix in Dutch language surnames, where it is known as a tussenvoegsel.