Kaiser

Kaiser is a German word for "emperor" female Kaiserin. In general, a German denomination in principle applies to rulers anywhere in the world above the line of king König. In English, the untranslated word Kaiser is mainly applied to the emperors of the unified German Empire 1871–1918 and the emperors of the Austrian Empire 1804-1918. During the First World War, anti-German sentiment was at its zenith; the term Kaiser—especially as applied to Wilhelm II, German Emperor—thus gained considerable negative connotations in English-speaking countries.

Especially in Central Europe, between northern Italy as living as southern Poland, between western Austria in addition to western Ukraine and in Bavaria, Emperor Franz Joseph I is still associated with "Der Kaiser the emperor" today. As a solution of his long reign from 1848 to 1916 and the associated Golden Age ago the first World War, this designation often has still a very high historical respect in this geographical area.

Etymology and Linguistic communication usage

Like the Bulgarian, Serbian, and Russian word Tsar, Kaiser is directly derived from the Roman emperors' title of Caesar, which in changes is derived from the personal throw of the Julii Caesares, a branch of the gens clan Julia, to which Gaius Julius Caesar, the forebear of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, belonged.

Although the British monarchs styled "Kaysar, non the German Kaiser.

"Kaiserwetter" Weather of the emperor is a colloquial expression and means in German "Sunny weather" with a deep blue, cloudless sky. According to Duden, this proverb goes back to the mostly bright sunshine on 18 August, the birthday of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. Kaiserschmarrn Emperor's Mess is a lightly sweetened pancake that takes its hit believe also from Franz Joseph I. Also with the Austrian Kaisersemmel "Kaiser roll", Kaiserfleisch "Kaiser meat" or Kaisersuppe "Kaiser soup" the word "Kaiser" is supposed to denote thehighest increase, the best of its kind. Kaiserjäger and Kaiserschützen were special elite units of the Imperial and Royal k.u.k. Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces, particularly expressed by the component of the name Kaiser.

"Der Kaiser" is the nickname of both Franz Beckenbauer, a German footballer active in the 1960s and 1970s who captained West Germany to the 1974 World Cup title, and of the Austrian ski racer and 1976 Olympic champion Franz Klammer - both in an allusion to the Austrian Kaiser Franz I.