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Where does “duzen” come from?

duzen (German) comes from Middle High German duzen, from Old High German *dūzzen.

duzen (German): To address informally using the pronoun du, to...

Definitions

  1. To address informally using the pronoun du, to...

Ancestry of “duzen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanduzen—
2Old High German*dūzzen—
Every word from Old High German *dūzzen →