{
  "id": 19957441,
  "title": "Inside Germany: Why I’m still guessing whether to use ‘Sie’ or ‘du’ after 18 years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/inside-germany-why-im-still-guessing-whether-to-use-sie-or-du-after-19957441",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T09:01:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Local Germany",
    "slug": "the-local-germany-thelocal",
    "url": "https://www.thelocal.de/20261114/inside-germany-why-im-still-guessing-whether-to-use-sie-or-du-after-18-years"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "German promises rules for almost everything – except, apparently, how to address the person standing in front of you. Journalist and long-time resident Tom Pugh explains why even Germans are sometimes unsure when it’s 'Sie' or 'du'.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}