Examples of using "Höflichkeit" in a sentence and their english translations:
Courtesy costs nothing.
It's common courtesy.
So yes, civility pays.
They mistook my politeness for friendship.
It was just polite applause.
Legibility is the politeness of handwriting.
Punctuality is the courtesy of kings.
And that has to do as well with politeness.
The norm of politeness was blocking their progress.
He explained that civility spread,
We look up to him because of his politeness.
They mistook my politeness for friendship.
Tom's constant politeness bugs me.
Politeness is less observed today than it used to be.
and then say "Courtesy by" and they put your name
It pays to be polite.
Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.
Flexibility and politeness are the be-all and end-all of my present job.
This is because of the difference between Japanese politeness and American politeness.
He's smart, handsome and polite.
Tom said he liked what she had made for dinner, but he was only being polite.
Tom, with his good manners and winning smile, is popular with both men and women.
Perceived shyness is often simply an expression of politeness in waiting to be addressed before speaking.
Mary could not believe that Tom liked eating spinach as a child -- until the day that politeness forced her to try her grandmother's spinach. From then on, she had a new favorite dish!
All talking had ceased. Everyone without exception was staring at the last piece of chocolate on the plate. Although everyone wanted it, no one dared take it, lest they be judged impolite. At last the tension became unbearable, and Tom leant forward with a sigh. "We'll just put it out of its misery, then," he said, popping it in his mouth.