Ennoblement

Adelung stands for:

Elevation to the nobility, see Nobilitierung
Short form for the grammatical-critical dictionary of the High German dialect (from 1774), see Johann Christoph Adelung # Dictionary of the High German dialect

Adelung is the family name of the following people:

Alexander von Adelung (1860–1915), German fruit grower
Bernhard Adelung (1876–1943), German politician (SPD)
Friederike Adelung (1783 – after 1817), German writer
Friedrich von Adelung (1768–1843), German-Russian lawyer and philosopher
Johann Christoph Adelung (1732–1806), German librarian and linguist
Johann Jacob Adelung (1680–1737), German physician
Nikolaus von Adelung (entomologist) (1857-1917), Russian entomologist
Nikolaus von Adelung (secretary) (1809–1878), Russian-Württemberg secretary to Olga von Württemberg, privy councilor
Sophie von Adelung (1850–1927), German writer and painter

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