Hallo zusammen, ich komme aus Nepal und habe gerade meine Flugbuchungen erhalten. Ich werde als Frau angesprochen und frage mich, ob ich das in „Frau“ korrigieren muss, da ich unverheiratet bin, oder ist das einfach die Art, wie Frauen in Deutschland unabhängig von ihrem Familienstand einen Titel erhalten.
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Nothing to do with Germany, that comes straight from the airline industry IT
There’s no longer a distinction in the German language between a married and an unmarried woman (Fräulein is extremely outdated) so it doesn’t matter as long as it’s not visa related
When you are asked for your gender, and you chose female, you will automatically be called Mrs, as it is the equivalent to “Frau” in German.
Germany doesn’t use “Mrs.” as all, seeing how we speak German. Every adult woman is “Frau X”.
I’m always referred to as Frau <second name>.it was Frau before I was married and it’s Frau after as well. buuut if you use translation, Frau gets translated to “Mrs”. Perhaps that what happened here as well.
It’s 2024, not the 1960s any more.
No company cares about your marital status.
Yes, if you want to translate it directly. Every woman and also girls above a certain age are Frau/Mrs plus last name. Even a 13/14 year old will be addressed formally that way in specific situations.
Calling someone Fräulein plus last name is so far out of fashion that it has a strong condescending meaning nowadays, you can only ever use it in an ironic way, when you are sure that the other person gets the joke.
Marital status is irrelevant for both men and women in Germany when it comes to how to address people.
The equivalent to calling someone “Ms” in Germany would be “Fräulein” which is not used anymore and is considered antiquated if not offensive.
What apparently no-one either in this thread nor in wider Germany seems to know: Miss (probounced mis) is for unmarried women, Mrs is for married women, and Ms (pronounced miz) is neutral, either for women whose status is unknown or who don’t want to disclose their status or who simply prefer Ms. So, technically, everyone in Germany should be referred to as Mr or Ms (or possibly Mx, gender-neutral), not Mr or Mrs, but as Germany hasn’t caught up to that, they use Mrs instead.
If you mean if German makes a distinction between married and unmarried women the answer is: Not anymore.
It was once a thing using ‘Fräulein’ (the diminuitive for ‘Frau’) to address unmarried women but that was put out of use some decades ago – as it should be since we also don’t discern between married and unmarried men.
MRS = Frau
MS = Fräulein
But Fräulein is very outdated and Seen as offensive, so You should Never use it.
So the answer to your question is yes, always use „Frau“ no matter if she is married or not.