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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 ...
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 ...
Nobiliary particle. 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 ...
German name. Personal names in German-speaking Europe consist of one or several given names ( Vorname, plural Vornamen) and a surname ( Nachname, Familienname ). The Vorname is usually gender-specific. A name is usually cited in the "Western order" of "given name, surname".
This list of German abbreviations includes abbreviations, acronyms and initialisms found in the German language. Because German words can be famously long, use of abbreviation is particularly common. Even the language's shortest words are often abbreviated, such as the conjunction und (and) written just as "u."
Fitz – (Irish, from Norman French) "son of", from Latin " filius" meaning "son" (mistakenly thought to mean illegitimate son, because of its use for certain illegitimate sons of English kings) [citation needed] i – "and", always in lowercase, used to identify both surnames (e.g. Antoni Gaudí i Cornet)
Junker (Prussia) Paul von Hindenburg was born into a wealthy Junker family. The Junkers ( / ˈjʊŋkər / YUUNG-kər; German: [ˈjʊŋkɐ]) were members of the landed nobility in Prussia. They owned great estates that were maintained and worked by peasants with few rights. [1] These estates often lay in the countryside outside of major cities ...
Carl von Clausewitz, while in Prussian service, painted by Wilhelm Wach in early 1830s. Carl Philipp Gottfried (or Gottlieb) von Clausewitz [note 1] ( German pronunciation: [ˌkaʁl fɔn ˈklaʊ̯zəvɪt͡s] ⓘ; 1 July 1780 – 16 November 1831) [1] was a Prussian general and military theorist who stressed the "moral" (in modern terms meaning ...