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16. Yes, Sie for first meeting

Fri Apr 3, 2026, 02:09 PM

Yesterday

Sie also for old school bosses. Sie for Polizei.
Du for addressing children, immer(always), they will look at you funny if you use the formal.

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Look who made the cover of Der Spiegel [View all] sinkingfeeling Yesterday OP

Who is it? CurtEastPoint Yesterday #1

Like t versus usted? Iggo Yesterday #8

tú Celerity Yesterday #9

Fucking autocorrect. Iggo 19 hrs ago #17

Yes. ShazzieB Yesterday #11

Yes, Sie for first meeting Old Crank Yesterday #16

LOL EarlG Yesterday #2

Give Der Spiegel a free years Star Member subscription,.. magicarpet Yesterday #4

In German, the word "du" is the informal form of "you." wnylib Yesterday #5

like "tu" and "vous" in French. generalbetrayus Yesterday #7

Or "tu" and "usted" in Spanish. Marcuse Yesterday #14

Well done... displacedvermoter Yesterday #3

Is Melaaaaaaaniaaaaah on the pages in between? twodogsbarking Yesterday #10

Nah - the Germans have class. erronis Yesterday #13

I must be so fuckin' DENSE!...... some_of_us_are_sane Yesterday #15

Next magazine cover to aspire for... True Dough 8 hrs ago #19