ARTICLE 109
All Germans are equal before the law.
Men and women have fundamentally the same civil rights and duties.
Privileges or discriminations due to birth or rank and recognized by law are abolished. Titles of nobility will be regarded merely as part of the name and may not be granted hereafter.
Titles may be conferred only when they designate an office or profession; academic degrees are not affected by this provision.
Orders and honorary insignia may not be conferred by the state.
No German may accept a title or order from a foreign Government.