Dame (pluralDames)
- (British) The titular prefix given to a femaleknight
- The title "Dame" is used with the knight's given or full name, but not her family name. If Jane Smith is knighted, she is known as Dame Jane Smith or Dame Jane, never Dame Smith, and she is correctly called Dame Jane wherever she would formerly have been called Ms./Mrs./Miss Smith.
- "Dame" is only used for a woman who holds a knighthood or baronetcy in her own right. The wife of a male knight is styledLady with her surname.
- (titles)(of a man):Mr (Mister,mister),Sir (sir);(of a woman):Ms (Miz,mizz),Mrs (Mistress,mistress),Miss (miss),Dame (dame),Madam (madam,ma'am);(of a non-binary person):Mx (Mixter);(see also):Dr (Doctor,doctor)(Category:en:Titles)
titular prefix given to a female
FromFrenchdame, fromLatindomina(“mistress, lady”). Cognate withEnglishdame.
- IPA(key): /ˈdaːmə/
- Hyphenation:Da‧me
Dame f (genitiveDame,pluralDamen)
- lady(woman of good breeding and manners)
- lady;madam(polite term to refer to any woman)
- (chess, card games)queen
- (checkers)king
- (title)Dame
Concerning the use of the word as a polite term for any woman, note the following tendencies:
- It is common to refer to a woman asDame when one speaks of her in her presence.Frau might even be slightly impolite in such a context.
- Ich glaube, dieDame war vor mir dran. — “I think thislady was in line before me.”
- Dame used as a general term of address (“die Dame!” –madam!) marks a consciously polite way of speaking, most often heard from waiters, shop assistants, etc. Note that in this case the verb may be in the third-person plural:Wünschen die Dame noch Tee? (thoughwünscht is equally possible).Dame is also consciously polite when speaking about someone who is not present. In popular speech, it may be used to refer to an elderly woman but rarely to a young or middle-aged one.
- Dame is common in some specific contexts, such as ballroom dancing.
Declension ofDame [feminine]
Dame f (genitiveDame,no plural)
Dame n (strong,genitiveDames,no plural)
- (board games)draughts;checkers
- Synonyms:Damespiel n,Damenspiel n
- The word rarely ever appears with articles, determiners, or adjectives. When it does, some speakers may construe it as feminine, others as neuter. In formal style,Damespiel is preferable in such contexts.
Dame on the German Wikipedia.Wikipediade