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If you want to address a group of people you can say Meine Damen und Herren.

Ladies are Damen (a lady=eine Dame), Gentlemen are Herren (a gentleman=ein Herr).

The word meine in "meine Damen und Herren" just means "my".

It`s also common to say meine sehr geehrten Damen und Herren, literally that would mean "my very honoured ladies and gentlemen". If you are going to perform a magic- or circus-show it`s a classic to say meine sehr verehrten Damen und Herren. That sentence also means "my very honoured ladies and gentlemen", but it`s a bit older.

If you write a letter to a company and you don`t know who receives it, you just address the entire staff and write Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren.

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