Talk:Reich Party of the German Middle Class

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Sorry, but the lemma seems to be a wrong translation. "Middle Class" is the english word for the german word "Mittelschicht" not for "Mittelstand". --172.174.168.9 14:58, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I took the translation from English publications in Google Books, including a 1996 title by Hans Mommsen. Harper-Collins, Langenscheidt's, and Leo.org also support a translation of Mittelstand as "middle class(es)". What would you suggest as a better English title? Olessi 15:47, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what a better word could be, but in german there is a difference beetween Mittelschicht (what is an social group as the middle class) and Mittelstand (which is an economic group of small and medium-sized enterprises and the owners of it, look at Mittelstand). For example: A higher civil servant may be part of the "Mittelschicht" (middle class) but he is never member of the "Mittelstand". An man with an own enterprise with 100 employees may not be in the "Mittelschicht" because he is a very rich man and a member of the "Oberschicht", but you call him in germany a member of the "Mittelstand" because his enterprise isn't very big. --172.180.203.29 16:58, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Considering the ambiguous meaning of Mittelstand, we could simply retitle the article to Reichspartei des deutschen Mittelstandes. The published English translations could then be mentioned in the article, but would not be defined as the "official" English titles. Olessi 19:12, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]