• BlazeOP
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    19 hours ago

    How open is “Sie” still used on a day-to-day basis? Like do people use “Sie” for their boss?

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      19 hours ago

      We use “Sie” for adult people we don’t know and at work for people like the boss etc. Online we only use “Du”, except in formal emails. But there’s a lot of exceptions to these rules. I try to use “Du” wherever I can. When younger people call me “Sie” I immediately offer them the “Du”.