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<p><b>New page</b></p><div><noinclude>{{Being deleted|2026 October 22|Template:German title}}</noinclude>Regarding personal names: {{#switch: {{{1}}}<br />
| Prinz = {{lang|de|[[Prinz (title)|Prinz]]}}<br />
| Ritter = {{lang|de|[[Ritter (title)|Ritter]]}}<br />
| ''{{lang|de|[[{{{1}}}]]}}''<br />
}} was a title before 1919, but now is regarded as part of the surname. It is translated as {{#switch: {{{1}}}<br />
| Edle = a ''noble (one)''<br />
| Edler = a ''noble (one)''<br />
| Freifrau = ''[[Baron]]ess''<br />
| Freiherr = ''[[Baron]]''<br />
| Freiin = ''[[Baron]]ess''<br />
| Fürst = ''[[Prince]]''<br />
| Fürstin = ''[[Princess]]''<br />
| Graf = ''[[Count]]''<br />
| Gräfin = ''[[Countess]]''<br />
| Herzog = ''[[Duke]]''<br />
| Herzogin = ''[[Duchess]]''<br />
| Prinz = ''[[Prince]]''<br />
| Prinzessin = ''[[Princess]]''<br />
| Reichsfreiherr = ''Baron of the Empire''<br />
| Reichsfürst = ''Prince of the Empire''<br />
| Reichsgraf = ''Count of the Empire''<br />
| Ritter = ''[[Knight]]''<br />
}}. Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given ({{lang|de|Graf Helmuth James von Moltke}}). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix ({{lang|de|von}}, {{lang|de|zu}}, etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names ({{lang|de|Helmuth James Graf von Moltke}}). Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting. {{#switch: {{{1}}}<br />
| Edle = The masculine form is {{lang|de|[[Edler]]}}.<br />
| Edler = The feminine form is {{lang|de|[[Edle]]}}.<br />
| Freifrau = The title is for the wife of a {{lang|de|[[Freiherr]]}}.<br />
| Freiherr = The feminine forms are {{lang|de|[[Freifrau]]}} and {{lang|de|[[Freiin]]}}.<br />
| Freiin = The title is for unmarried daughters of a {{lang|de|[[Freiherr]]}}.<br />
| Fürst = The feminine form is {{lang|de|[[Fürstin]]}}.<br />
| Fürstin = The masculine form is {{lang|de|[[Fürst]]}}.<br />
| Graf = The feminine form is {{lang|de|[[Gräfin]]}}.<br />
| Gräfin = The masculine form is {{lang|de|[[Graf]]}}.<br />
| Herzog = The feminine form is {{lang|de|[[Herzogin]]}}.<br />
| Herzogin = The masculine form is {{lang|de|[[Herzog]]}}.<br />
| Prinz = The feminine form is {{lang|de|[[Prinzessin]]}}.<br />
| Prinzessin = The masculine form is {{lang|de|[[Prinz (title)|Prinz]]}}.<br />
| Reichsfreiherr = The feminine forms are {{lang|de|Reichsfreifrau}} and {{lang|de|Reichsfreiin}}. Titles using the prefix {{lang|de|Reichs-}} were those created before the fall of the [[Holy Roman Empire]].<br />
| Reichsfürst = The feminine form is {{lang|de|Reichsfürstin}}. Titles using the prefix {{lang|de|Reichs-}} were those created before the fall of the [[Holy Roman Empire]].<br />
| Reichsgraf = The feminine form is {{lang|de|Reichsgräfin}}. Titles using the prefix {{lang|de|Reichs-}} were those created before the fall of the [[Holy Roman Empire]].<br />
| Ritter = There is no equivalent feminine form.<br />
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