Hautevolee
See also: Hautevolée
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French (gens de) haute volée (“first-class people”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oːtvoˈleː/, /hoːtvoˈleː/
Noun
Hautevolee f (genitive Hautevolee, no plural)
- (often derogatory) upper crust, high society
- Synonyms: High Society, Schickeria
- 2022 May 10, Michaela Dudley, “Berlin in den Goldenen Zwanzigern: Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, ISSN 0931-9085:
- Die Vergnügungsstätten, in denen Varieté und Voyeurismus einander hautnah tangierten, ließen Hetero- und Homosexuelle aus der Hautevolee lustvoll aufeinanderstoßen.
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Declension
Further reading
- “Hautevolee” in Duden online
- “Hautevolee” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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