 Romantic encounters were often described with French terms like rendezvous or tête-à-tête.The German term of "Stelldichein" (as translated by Joachim Heinrich Campes) is used to signify dating when the age of consent to marriage was relatively high.German traditions to signify lovers who met in hiding were described with terms like "Fensterln" (windowing) or "Kiltgang" (dawn stroll) used in Bavaria and Switzerland.