Thomas Steiner :chrome: on Nostr: All of those imply you don't know them. Err on the side of "Sie" if you are the first ...

All of those imply you don't know them. Err on the side of "Sie" if you are the first to make contact, but often you can just wait and see what they do. Like in a restaurant, if they ask you "Was darf ich dir bringen?", you already know they are fine with du. With uppercase/lowercase: easy. The orthographic rule was to uppercase the Sie, for example, in letters, but now you just may lowercase everything and have the Duden on your side. #GermanAsAService