Revision as of 23:45, 10 August 2016 edit Myounger101 (talk \| contribs) 1 edit I added that the surname in "Junker" is Americanized as "Younger". I felt the need to add this as I am a descendent of the German Junker lineage however my last name is Americanized as Younger so I felt this needed to be apart of the information Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit ← Previous edit		Revision as of 09:53, 11 August 2016 edit undo Rjensen (talk \| contribs) Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, File movers, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers 222,810 edits unsourced--"Junker" is not a surname & so it was not americanized Next edit →
Line 2: [[File:Nikolaus Meyer zum Pfeil und Barbara zum Luft Wandbehang.jpg\|thumb\|The renaissance humanist [[Nikolaus Meyer zum Pfeil]], of the Swiss [[Meyer zum Pfeil]] family, held the honorific ''Junker'']] '''Junker''' ({{lang-de\|Junker}}, {{lang-nl\|Jonkheer}}, [[Scandinavian languages\|Scandinavian]]: ''Junker ~~Americanized: Younger~~'') is a noble [[honorific]], derived from [[Middle High German]] ''Juncherre'', meaning "young nobleman"<ref name="DDN1">[[Duden]]; Meaning of Junker, in German. [http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Junker]</ref> or otherwise "young lord" (derivation of ''jung'' and ''Herr''). The term is traditionally used throughout the German-speaking, Dutch-speaking and Scandinavian-speaking parts of Europe. ==Honorific title==

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