Editing Kaiser (section)

==Etymology and language usage==
{{See|Kaiserlich}}

Similarly to the Slavic title ''[[tsar]]'', ''kaiser'' is directly derived from the [[Roman emperor]]s' title of ''[[Caesar (title)|Caesar]]'', which in turn is derived from the personal name of the [[Julii Caesares]], a branch of the ''[[gens]]'' (clan) [[Julia (gens)|Julia]], to which [[Julius Caesar|Gaius Julius Caesar]], the forebear of the [[Julio-Claudian dynasty]], belonged. It has been suggested, on the grounds of an anecdote reported in e.g. Suetonius (''Divus Julius'' 79.2), that Caesar himself once used his cognomen by way of a title; but this is ultimately unlikely.<ref>[https://histos.org/documents/2023AA02KrebsIt'sCaesarNotMrKing.pdf Krebs, C.B. (2023)], "‘IT’S CAESAR [KAISER/TSAR], NOT MR. KING.’ (MIS)UNDERSTANDING A CAESARIAN PUN (SUET. IUL. 79.2) AND ITS IRONIES," Histos 17: 43–51</ref>

Although the British monarchs styled "[[Emperor of India]]" were also called ''[[Kaisar-i-Hind]]'' in [[Hindi]] and [[Urdu]], this word, although ultimately sharing the same Latin origin, is derived from the Persian ''[[Caesar_(title)#Ottoman_Empire|Kaysar]]'', not the German {{lang|de|Kaiser}}.<ref>Witzel, M. [http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/EJVS-7-3.htm "Autochthonous Aryans? The Evidence from Old Indian and Persian Texts"], p. 29, 12.1 (as Urdu ''kaisar'').</ref>

{{lang|de|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.<ref>[https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Kaiserwetter Duden: Kaiserwetter]</ref> [[Kaiserschmarrn]] (Emperor's Mess) is a lightly sweetened pancake that takes its name also from Franz Joseph I.<ref>Jürgen Herrmann "Lehrbuch für Köche." Hamburg (1999) p 317.</ref> Also with the Austrian {{lang|de|Kaisersemmel}} ("[[Kaiser roll]]"), {{lang|de|Kaiserfleisch}} ("Kaiser meat") or {{lang|de|Kaisersuppe}} ("Kaiser soup") the word ''kaiser'' is supposed to denote the ultimate highest increase, the best of its kind.<ref>Stefan Hebenstreit: Hitlerweck und Kaisersemmel. Wahlkampfgeschenke und politisch-propagandistische Devotionalien aus dem Backofen. In: Thomas Gimesi, Werner Hanselitsch "Geben, Nehmen, Tauschen." Münster (2010), ISBN 978-3-643-50211-7, p 74.</ref> ''[[Kaiserjäger]]'' and ''[[Kaiserschützen]]'' were special elite units of the [[Imperial and Royal]] (k.u.k.) [[Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces]], especially expressed by the part of the name Kaiser.<ref>Anton Graf Bossi-Fedrigotti: Kaiserjäger – Ruhm und Ende. Graz 1977, pp 3.</ref>

{{lang|de|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,<ref>Manuel Neukirchner: "Spieler Beckenbauer wird Kaiser Franz." FAZ.NET, 6 September 2015.</ref> and of the Austrian ski racer and 1976 Olympic champion [[Franz Klammer]] - both in an allusion to the Austrian Kaiser [[Francis I of Austria|Franz I]].