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This list contains German words with their English translations. On mostcomputers, CTL+F will search this page for the word you wish to translate. Thewords included here are those that you are likely to find in genealogical sources. If

the word you are looking for is not on this list, please consult a German-Englishdictionary. Latin words are often found in German records, and a few are includedin this list. See the Latin Word List (34077).

German is spoken in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Records written inGerman may be found in these countries and also in parts of Poland, Denmark,Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Hungary, and wherever German people settled.There are several different dialects in the German language. For example, in theprovince of Westfalen and other areas of Germany that border the Netherlands,you may notice words that are closely related to Dutch words. You may find theDutch word list useful when working with these records.

In addition, German is found in some early records of the United States, such as inPennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin, and other states where Germans lived.

Language CharacteristicsGerman words for persons, places, and things (nouns) are always capitalized. Allnouns are classified as masculine, feminine, or neuter. This classification is calledgender. The gender of a noun is indicated by der (masculine), die (feminine), anddas (neuter), which translates as "the." Word endings may vary, depending on theway the words are used in the sentence.

Variant Forms of Words

In German, as in English, the forms of some words will vary according to how theyare used in the sentence. Whowhosewhom or marrymarries married areexamples of words in English with variant forms. In German, the form of manywords can change greatly. This word list gives the standard form of each German

word. As you read German records, you will need to be aware that some wordsvary with usage.

The endings of words in a document may differ from those on this list. Forexample, the document may use the word junger, but you will find it in this word listas jung. In addition, the suffixes -chen and -lein are often added to words toindicate "little." Therefore, the word Shnchen means "little or young son," andTchterlein means "little or young daughter."

Adjectives describe nouns and must have the proper masculine, feminine, or

neuter endings. For example, in German you would say "junger Mann" (youngman) or "junges Mdchen" (young maiden) if man and maiden are the subjects ofa sentence. Adjective endings can change depending on usage and gender.

Plural words are usually formed by adding -er, -en, or -e. Thus the word Kind

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becomes Kinder, Frau becomes Frauen, and Aufgebot becomes Aufgebote.Plurality may also change the vowel slightly. For example, Mann becomes Mnner.

In German, many words are formed by joining two or more words. Very few ofthese compound words are included in this list. You will need to look up each partof the word separately. For example, Geburtstag is a combination of two words,Geburt (birth) and Tag (day).

Diacritic MarksWritten German uses several letters in addition to the 26 letters used in theEnglish alphabet. These are (), (), (), and . Historically, German alsoincluded () which today have been primarily replaced phonetically with theletters I (i) and ().

For data entry and some searches, it is useful to know how to create thesecharacters. Note: Do not use diacritics when searching in the Family History

Library catalog.

From a PC keyboard, these letters may be created by using the followingkeystroke combinations:

Letter Code Letter Code

Alt + 0196 Alt + 0228

Alt + 0214 Alt + 0246

Alt + 0220 Alt + 0252

Alt + 0223

Alt + 0159 Alt + 0255

Alphabetical OrderGerman letters with diacritic marks will be alphabetized in this publication asthough they were a, o, u, and ss. However, many dictionaries and gazetteers willalphabetize these characters as if they were ae, oe, ue, and ss.

SpellingBecause spelling rules were not standardized in earlier centuries, spellingvariations are common. Local dialect often affects the spelling in genealogicalrecords. In German records, the following letters are sometimes usedinterchangeably:

p used for ba used for et used for d or dts used for z

ck used for ky used for i or jv used for w or f


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k used for gtz used for zig used for isch or icht used for thu used for i

Examples:

Freytag for FreitagBurckhart for BurkhardWaldpurga for Waldburgaundt for und

Additional ResourcesThis word list includes only words most commonly found in genealogical sources.For further help, use a German-English dictionary. Several German-Englishdictionaries are available in the Family History Library. These are in the Europeancollection. The call numbers begin with 433.21.

Particularly helpful dictionaries include:

Langenscheidt New Muret-Sanders Encyclopedic Dictionary of the English

and German Languages. Berlin, Germany: Langenscheidt, 1969, 1974 (FHLbook 433.21 Sp83n).

The New Cassells German Dictionary, German-English, English-German.New York, NY, USA: Funk and Wagnalls, Inc., 1971 (FHL book 433.211 C2721971).

Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms. German and Latin terms are includedat this website.

Das Deutsche Wrterbuch / Deutsches Wrterbuch (DWB, The "German

Dictionary" / "German Dictionary")is one of the most important dictionaries ofthe German language. Written entirely in German, the dictionary contains 32volumes and includes about 350,000 main entries. It is particularly useful forfinding the meaning of words in genealogical documents that are no longerused in modern German. See the online version by clicking here.

Additional dictionaries are listed in the subject section of the Family History LibraryCatalog under GERMAN LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES or in the locality sectionunder GERMANY - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES.

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Germany, Saxony, Freiberg Funeral Sermons (FamilySearch Historical Records)


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Key WordsTo find and use specific types of German records, you will need to know some keywords in German. This section gives key genealogical terms in English and theGerman words with the same or similar meanings.

For example, in the first column you will find the English word marriage. In thesecond column you will find German words with meanings such as marry,marriage, wedding, wedlock, unite, joined, and other words used in Germanrecords to indicate marriage.

English German

birth Geburten, Geburtsregister, Geborene, geboren

burial Beerdigungen, begraben, Begrbnisse, bestattet, beerdigt

Catholic katholisch

child Kind, Kinder

christening Taufe, Taufen, Getaufte

confirmations Konfirmationen, Firmungen

civil registry Standesamt

death Tote, Tod, sterben, starb, verstorben, gestorben, Sterbefall

father Vater

husband Mann, Ehemann, Gatte

index Verzeichnis, Register

Jewish jdisch, Jude(n), israelitisch

marriage banns Proklamationen, Aufgebote, Verkndigungen

marriageHeiraten, Trauungen, Getraute, Ehe, Kopulation, kopulieren, verheiratet,Verehelichungen, Eheschliessungen

month Monat

mother Mutter

name, given Vorname, Name

name, surname Zuname, Familienname, Geschlechtsname, Name

parents Eltern

parish Pfarrei, Kirchspiel, Gemeinde

Protestant evangelisch, lutherisch, Protestant

Reformed reformiert

wife Frau, Ehegattin, Weib, Ehefrau, Hausfrau, Gattin

year Jahr

General Word ListNote: In German, letters with diacritical marks are alphabetized as if they did nothave a diacritical mark. In some other languages, they are alphabetized separately.

AGerman EnglishA. = Amt, Amtsbezirk government office, official district

Ab., Abe. = Abbaue(e),Ausbau(e)

surface mine(s)


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Abt. = Abteilung department

a/d = an der, auf der on the, by the (followed by the name of a river or other geographical feature)

A.G. = Amtsgericht lower court, county court

Anh. = Anhalt duchy

ab from, since

Abbauertenant on a (new, split-off) farm; heir with a small part of a farm (usually asecond son)

Abdecker skinner

Abend evening

Abendmahlgast communicant

abends in the evening

Abenteurer jeweler, jewel trader; adventurer

aber but

abgestorben deceased

Ablader longshoreman

Abnahmemann retired farmer on life estate

Abnehmer photographerAbschiedsmann man retired on life estate

absterben to die, to die off

Abstreifer renderer; flayer

Abzehrung emaciation, wasting

acht eight

achte eighth

Achter juryman

achtundzwanzigste twenty-eighth

achtzehn eighteenachtzehnhundert eighteen hundred

achtzehnte eighteenth

achtzig eighty

achtzigste eightieth

Ackermann farmer

Adel gentry, nobleman

a.D. = auer Dienst formerly employed, retired

adoptiert adopted

Ahnen ancestors

Ahnentafel pedigree chart

Akten documents

alle all

allhier in this place

alt old

Altbrger full citizen

Alter age

Altersschwche weakness of old age

ltest eldest

alt-katholisch old CatholicAmman bailiff, magistrate

Amt office, district

Anbauer peasant


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andere other, next

Angeber informant

angeblich alleged, assumed

Anhalt duchy

Anmerkungen remarks

Anspnner farmer

apostolisch Apostolic

April April

Arbeiter laborer, worker

Archiv archive

arm poor

Armut poverty

Arzt physician

auch also, too

auf on, upon, at

aufbieten post banns

Aufenthaltserlaubnis residence permit

Aufenthaltsort residence

Aufgebot publication of banns

Aufnahmebuch book listing debts

Aufnahmeland country to which one immigrated

August August

aus from, out of

auen outside

uere outside, outward, external

auerehelich illegitimateAuswanderer emigrant

Auswanderung emigration

Ausweis identification document

Auszehrung consumption or emaciation (especially from TB)

Auszug extract

Words starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Z

BGerman EnglishB. = Bezirk district or areaBA. = Bezirksamt district office

Bay. = Bayern Bavaria

Bd. = Band volume

Bhf. = Bahnhof railroad station

Bkdo. =Bezirkskommando

military district command

bz. = beziehungsweise or, respectively

Bcker baker

Bad spa, resort

Badeort spa, health resort

Band volume


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Baptist Baptist

Baron baron

Bauer farmer, peasant

Bayern Bavaria

Beamter official, registrar

Beck(er) baker

beerdigt buried

Beerdigung burial, interment

beglaubigt certified, attested

begraben buried

Begrbnis burial

Beichte confession

beide both

Beilage supplement

Bekannte(r) acquaintance

Bekehrung conversion

Belege proof, documentation

Bemerkungen remarks

Berg hill, mountain

Bergmann miner

Beruf occupation, profession

Beschreibung description

Besitzer possessor, proprietor, owner

besttigt confirmed, verified

bestattet buried

bettlgerig bedriddenBettler beggar

Bevlkerungsregister population register

bevorstehend previously mentioned

Bezirk district

Biographie biography

Bischof bishop

Bistum diocese

Blattern smallpox

blutend bleedingBltenmonat May

Blutsverwandschaft blood relationship

Bhmen Bohemia

Bootsmann bargeman, boatman

Bttcher cooper, barrel maker

Brauer brewer

Brune diptheria

Braut bride

Brutigam bridegroom

Brcke bridge

Bruder brother

Bub boy


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Buch book

Bdner cottager

Burg castle, fortress

Brger burgher, citizen, citizens

Brgerbuch citizen register

Brgermeister mayor

Bttner barrel maker


CGerman English

ca. = circa about

Chirug surgeon

Christmonat December

Colonist settler, tenant farmer

copulieren to marrycribrarius sieve maker (Latin)


DGerman English

d. = der, dem, des, die,das

the

D. = Dorf village

das. = daselbst residing in this place, there, the previously mentioned place

Dachdecker roofer

dnisch Danish

das the

daselbst residing in this place, there, the previously mentioned place

Datum date

Dekanat deanery

dem, den the

der the, of the

derselbe the same

des of the

deutsch German

Deutschland Germany

Dezember December

die the

Diener servant

Dienst service, employment

Dienstag Tuesday

Dienstmagd servant girl

dieser this, theseDistrikt district

Domne domain

Donnerstag Thursday


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Dorf village

dort there

drei three

dreiig thirty

dreiigste thirtieth

dreiundzwanzigste twenty-third

dreizehn thirteen

dreizehnte thirteenth

dritte third

Duplikat duplicate record

durch through

Durchfall diarrhea


EGerman EnglishE. = Einwohner residents, population

Eis. = Eisenbahn railroad, train

Ev., ev. = Evangelische,evangelisch

Evangelical (Lutheran)

ebenda at the same place

Ehe marriage

Ehebrecher adulterer

Ehebruch adultery

Ehefrau wife, housewife

Ehehindernis hinderance to marriageehel. = ehelich legitimate

eheleiblich legitimate

Eheleute married couple

ehelich legitimate

ehemals formerly

Ehemann husband

Ehepaar married couple

Ehescheidung divorce

Eheschlieung marriageEhestand married state

Eheverkndigungen marriage banns

Eheversprechen,Eheverspruch

betrothal, engagement

Eidam (Eidmann) son-in-law

Eigentmer proprietor, property owner

ein, eine a, one, an

Einbrgerung naturalization

Einlieger landless farm laborer

eins one

Einsender informant, declarant

eintausendachthundert eighteen hundred

eintausendfnfhundert fifteen hundred


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eintausendneunhundert nineteen hundred

eintausendsechshundert sixteen hundred

eintausendsiebenhundert seventeen hundred

einunddreissig thirty-one

einunddreissigste thirty-first

einundzwanzigste twenty-first

Einwanderer immigrant

Einwanderung immigration

Einwilligung permission

Einwohner inhabitant

einzige only

Eisenbahn railroad

Eiterbeule abscess

elf eleven

elfte eleventh

Eltern parents

Enkel grandson

Enkelin granddaughter

Enkelkind grandchild

eod(em) the same, ditto

Epilepsie epilepsy

er he

Erben heirs

Erbschaft inheritance

erhalten received, receive

erklrt declaredErlassung dispensation, permission

Ermchtigung authorization

Ernting August

errechnet approximated, calculated

erschien appeared

erste first

erstgeboren firstborn

ertrank, ertrunken drowned

erzeugen begeterzeugt begat

es it

et uxor and wife (Latin)

evangelisch evangelical


FGerman English

Fabrikant manufacturerFamilie family

Familienbuch family register

Familienforschung genealogical research


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Familienregister family register

Frber dyer

Fabinder cooper, barrel maker

Fule cancer

Fayencenhndler porcelain merchant

Februar February

Fehlgeburt miscarriage

Festtag feast day, festival day, holy day

Festung fortress

Fieber fever

Findling foundling

Firmung confirmation

Fischer fisher

Fl. = Florin standard monetary unit

Flecken hamlet, also measles or spots

Fleckfieber spotted fever, typhus

Fleischer butcher

Fleischhauer butcher

Flchtling refugee, deserter

Flu river

folgende following, next

Forst forest

Frster forester

Fourier quartermaster

Fraisen convulsions, epilepsy, seizures, spasms

Frankreich FranceFrau Mrs., wife, woman

Frulein Miss, unmarried woman

Freibauer farmer who owns his own land

Freiherr baron

Freitag Friday

fremd foreign, strange

Freund friend

Friedhof cemetery

frh early (a.m.)frher former, formerly

fnf five

fifth

fnfundzwanzigste twenty-fifth

fnfzehn fifteen

fnfzehnhundert fifteen hundred

fnfzehnte fifteenth

fnfzig fifty

fnfzigste fiftieth

fr for

Frst prince, count

Frstentum principality


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Geschwulst swelling, tumor

Geselle journeyman

Gesellschaft society, group

Gesetz law

gesetzlich legal

gestern yesterday

gestorben died

Getaufte person who was baptized

getr. = getraut married

Getraute married couple

Gevatter godfather

Gewerbe trade, occupation

Gicht gout, arthritis

Gilde guild

Glaube belief, faith

Glauben religious affiliation

gleich same, alike, similar, right away

Graf count (nobleman), earl

Grafschaft county

Grenze border

gro big, great, large

Groeltern grandparents

grojhrig of age

Gromutter grandmother

Groneffe great-nephew

Gronichte great-nieceGrovater grandfather

Grundbuch land register

Gulden standard monetary unit, florin

Grtler maker of straps and belts

Gut property, estate

gut good


HGerman English

Hann. = Hannover Hannover

Herrsch. = Herrschaft manor, estate, domain

Hessen-N. = Hessen-Nassau

Prussian province

hzl. = herzoglich of the duke

Hzt. = Herzogtum duchy

haben to have

halb half

halb drei half three = 2:30 (time)

halb eins half one = 12:30 (time)

halb zwei half two = 1:30 (time)


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Halbbauer small farmer

Halbmeier small farmer

Hndler trader, merchant, peddler

Hartung January

Haupt- chief, main

Haus house

Hausfrau housewife

Husler cottager

Hausmdchen housemaid

Hebamme midwife

Heilquelle spa, bath

Heimat home, native place, homeland

Heimatschein domicile or residency certificate

Heimatsort place of birth, home town

Heirat marriage

heiraten to marry

Heiratsantrag marriage intentions

Heiratsbelege marriage supplements

Heiratskontrakt marriage contracts

Heiratsprotokolle marriage records

Heiratsschein marriage certificate

heit is named

Hektar hectare (10,000 square meters or 2.47 U.S. acres)

Heraldik heraldry

Herkunftsort place of origin

Herr Mister, Lord, lordHerrschaft estate, dominion

Herzog duke

Herzogtum duchy

Hessische Hessian

Heuerling dayworker, hireling

Heuert, Heumonat July

heute today

hier here

hiesiger Ort this placeHinterbliebene survivors

hinterlassen surviving, left behind

Hirt herdsman

hitziges Fieber burning fever, high fever

hoch high

Hochzeit wedding

Hof courtyard, farm, yard, estate

Hofprediger chaplain

Hollnder Dutchman, dairykeeper

Hornung February

Hfner farmer

Hufschmied blacksmith


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Hgel hill

hundert hundred

Hurenkind illegitimate child

Husten cough


IGerman Englishihr, ihr- their, her

im in the

immer always

in in, at

Inhalt content(s)

innerhalb inside of

Innung guild

Instmann tenant farmerist is


JGerman English

Jger hunter, rifleman in the military

Jahr year

Jahrestag anniversary

Jahreszeit seasonJahrhundert century

jhrlich annual, yearly

Jahrzehnt decade

Jnner January

Januar January

jeder (jede, jedes) each, every

Jgfr. = Jungfrau, Jungfer maiden, virgin, unmarried woman

jdisch Jewish

Jugend youth, adolescence

Juli July

Julmonat December

jung young

Junge a youth (male)

Jungfrau, Jungfer maiden, virgin, unmarried woman

Junggeselle bachelor

Jngling bachelor, young man

Juni June


KGerman English


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K.K. = kaiserlich kniglich royal imperial

Kammerfrau lady-in-waiting

Kantor choirmaster, organist

Karpe carpenter

Karte map

Karrer carter

Kartei card index

Kthner, Ktner cottager

katholisch Catholic

kaufen to buy

Kaufmann merchant

kein no, not any, none

Keller wine steward; cellar, basement

Kellner waiter, receiver of revenues; steward

Kessler kettlemaker

Keuchhusten whooping cough

Kiefer cooper, barrel maker

Kind baby

Kindbettfieber childbed fever

Kinder children

Kirche church

Kirchenltester churchwarden, church elder, vestryman

Kirchenbuch parish register

Kirchengemeinde parish

Kirchenpfleger churchwarden

Kirchenrodel parish registerKirchensprengel parish

Kirchenvorsteher churchwarden

kirchlich pertaining to church

Kirchrat member of a church council

Kirchspiel parish

klein little

Knabe boy

Knecht servant

Kolonist settler, colonist, farmerKommunikant communicant

Kommunion communion

Konfirmation confirmation

Knig king

kniglich royal

Knigreich kingdom

Kopulation marriage

kopulieren to marry

Kosst, Kossath cottager

Ktter, Ktner small farmer, cottager

Krmer grocer, small retailer

Krmpfe cramps,, convulsions


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Krankheit disease, sickness

Krebs cancer

Kreis county

Krieg war

Krger, Krogmann innkeeper

Kfer cooper, barrel maker

Kuhhirte cowherd

Kupferschmied coppersmith

Kurort spa

Kusine female cousin

Kutscher coachman


LGerman English

Land land, countryLandarbeiter farmhand

Landkarte map

Landwirt farmer

lassen to let, leave, allow

lebendig living

ledig single, unmarried

legitimiert made legitimate, legitimized

Lehrer teacher

Lehrling apprentice

Leiche corpse, body

Leichenpredigt funeral sermon

Leinenweber linen weaver

Lenz spring (season)

letzte lung last rites, extreme unction

letzte Salbung last rites, extreme unction

Letzter latter, last

letzter Wille last will

links left

Lungenentzndung pneumoniaLungenschwindsucht consumption, tuberculosis

lutherisch Lutheran


MGerman English

Mdchen girl

Mdel girl

Magd maiden, maid, servant girl

Mgdlein girl, little girl

Mai May

Maler painter


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Mann husband, man

mnnlich male

Markt market

Mrz March

Masern measles

Matrikel register

Maurer mason

Meister, -meister master

Mennoniten Mennonites

Metzger butcher

Militr military

minderjhrig underaged, minor

mit with, via, by

Mitglied member

Mittag midday

mittags at noon

Mitternacht midnight

Mittwoch Wednesday

Monat month

Montag Monday

Morgen morning, tomorrow

Morgen (morgen) measure of land, 0.6 to 0.9 acres

morgens in the morning

Mhle mill

mndlich verbal, verbally

Mutter Mother


NGerman English

N.N. = nomen nescio name not known

nach to, after, according to

Nachbar neighbor

Nachbarschaft neighborhood

nachgelassen survivingNachla estate, inheritance

Nachmittag afternoon

nachmittags in the afternoon

nchst(e) next

Nacht night

Nherin seamstress

Name name

nat. = natus, nata born

natus, nata bornneben next to

Nebenfrau concubine

Neffe nephew


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Nervenfieber nervous fever

neu new

neun nine

neunte ninth

neunundzwanzigte twenty-ninth

neunzehn nineteen

neunzehnhundert nineteen hundred

neunzehnte nineteenth

neunzig ninety

neunzigste ninetieth

Nicht not

Nichte niece

nichts nothing

nie never

nieder lower

niederlndisch Dutch, of the Netherlands

noch still

noch lebende still living

noch nicht not yet

Nord north

Notizen notices, miscellaneous records

Nottaufe emergency baptism

November November

Nummer number

nur only


OGerman English

O.A. = Oberamt governing district office

ober upper, over

ober-, Ober-(comb. form)

chief, head; upper, over

Oberamt governing district office

oder orffentlich bekanntmachen make known publicly

oft often

Oheim uncle

ohne without

Oktober October

Onkel uncle

Ort place, town

Ortslexikon gazetteer

Osten east

Ostern Easter (could be March or April)

Ostermonat April

Ostern Easter


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sterreich Austria

sterreichisch Austrian


PGerman English

Pchter leaseholderPate godfather

Paten godparents

Pest plague

Pfalz Palatinate

Pfarramt parish office

Pfarrbuch parish register

Pfarrei parish

Pfarrer parish minister, pastor

Pfingsten PentecostPflegekind foster child

Pflegesohn foster son

Pflegetochter foster daughter

Platz place (location)

Pocken pox, smallpox

Polen Poland

polnisch Polish

preuisch Prussia

Priester priest

Prinz prince

Prinzessin princess

protestantisch Protestant

Provinz province

provinzial provincial


RGerman English

Rbbe rabies

Rcke stiffness of the limbs

Racker renderer

Rademacher, Radmacher wheelwright

Radhauer wheelwright

Rathaus city hall

Ratsherr alderman

Ratsmann councilman; town councilor

Rechnung account; bill

rechtglubig orthodox

Rechsanwalt lawyer

reformiert reformed

Regierungsbezirk administrative area (a political jurisdiction)


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Register register (a book or list)

Reich empire; kingdom

Reifer ropemaker; rope merchant

Reiter rider; cavalryman

relicta widow

relictus widower

Religion religion

ren. = renatus, renata baptized, christened

Rentner retired person

Rheuma rheumatism

Richter judge

Rodel register

Rseler whitewasher

Rssler horseman; tanner

rmisch katholisch Roman Catholic

Rt measles; bloody diarrhea

Rotgerber red tanner

Ruhestand retirement

Ruhr dysentery

russisch Russian

Ruland Russia


SGerman English

S. = Seite page

s. = siehe see the following reference

Sachsen Saxony

Sackhuhn sailmaker

Sger sawyer

Salbung anointing

Salzvogt salt works overseer

Samstag Saturday

Sarkhauer stonemason

Satertag SaturdaySattler saddler, leather worker

Schacherer peddler

Schfer shepherd

Schaffer worker; laborer; administrator

Schf(f)ler cooper

Schaffmann worker

Schaffner conductor

Schalck, Schall servant

Scharlach,Scharlachfieber scarlet fever

Scharnemann merchant in a market

Scharrmacher wagon builder


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Scharwerker day laborer on a farm

Schatter, Schattmann tax assessor

Schatzmann moneychanger; treasurer

Schatzmeister treasurer

Scheibenreisser glazier

Scheibler salt carrier

Scheiding September

Scheidler knife-blade maker

Scheidung divorce

Schein certificate

Schenkungen donations

Scherer barber; beardcutter; cloth cutter

Schichtmeister mine paymaster

Schiffbauer shipbuilder

Schiffer shipper; seaman

Schiffmann sailor

Schiffsmakler shipbroker; shipping agent

Schilderer sign painter

Schindeldecker roofer of shingle roofs

Schindelmacher shingle maker

Schinner renderer, skinner

Schirmmacher umbrella maker

Schirrmacher wagon maker

Schirrmeister master wagon maker

Schlachter, Schlchter butcher

Schlachtmann butcherSchlachtwanter clothing wholesaler

Schlafbaas innkeeper

Schlaganfall stroke, seizure

Schlagflu stroke

Schlieper knifemaker; cutler

Schlieter merchant

Schlo castle

Schlosser locksmith

Schlotfeger chimneysweepSchlotthauer locksmith

Schmied smith

Schneider tailor

Schnitzer, Schnitzler woodcarver

Schopper ship's carpenter

Schornsteinfeger chimneysweep

Schosserheber tax collector

Schsser tax collector

Schotte peddler

Schottler turner; key maker

Schottilier turner; carpenter

Schreiber scribe, clerk


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Schreiner cabinetmaker, joiner

Schriftsetzer typesetter

Schroder, Schrder tailor

Schrer tailor

Schrter tailor; carter; driver; cooper

Schubarth, Schuberth,Schubring

shoemaker

Schuchard, Schucherd,Schuchmann, Schuckert

shoemaker

Schuhmacher shoemaker, cobbler

Schule school

Schullehrer schoolteacher

Schulthei, Schulze village mayor, head of town council

Schssler bowl maker

Schuster shoemaker, cobbler

Schuwarte shoemaker

Schwche weaknessSchwager brother-in-law

Schwgerin sister-in-law

Schwaiger shepherd

schwanger pregnant

schwarz black

schwarzer Tod black death; plague

Schwarzgiesser iron smelter

Schwein(e)hirt(h) pigherd

Schweisser welder

Schweiz Switzerland

Schweizer Swiss; also a dairyman

Schwendimann settler on recently burned woodland

Schwerdtfeger armorer

Schwester sister

Schwiegermutter mother-in-law

Schwiegersohn son-in-law

Schwiegertochter daughter-in-law

Schwiegervater father-in-law

Schwindsucht consumptionS.d. = Sohn des, der son of

sechs six

sechste sixth

sechsundzwanzig twenty-six

sechsundzwanzigste twenty-sixth

sechzehnhundert sixteen hundred

sechzehn sixteen

sechzehnte sixteenth

sechzig sixtysechzigste sixtieth

See lake

Seelen souls


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Seelenregister church membership list

Seelsorger minister, chaplain

Seemann sailor

Segner fisherman

Seifensieder soap maker

Seigner fisherman

Seiler rope maker

sein to be; his

seit since

Seite page

selige (the) late, blessed

September September

Sibber sieve maker

Sibmacher sieve maker

sich himself, herself, itself

sie she, they

Sie you

sieben seven

siebente seventh

siebenundzwanzigste twenty-seventh

siebte seventh

siebzehn seventeen

siebzehnhundert seventeen hundred

siebzehnte seventeenth

siebzig seventy

siebzigste seventiethSieder soap maker

siehe see

Sigrist sexton

sind are

so as, so, thus, such

Sohn son

Shnlein, Shnchen young son

Soldat soldier

Sldner mercenary soldier; day laborersollen should

Sonnabend Saturday

Sonntag Sunday

spt late (p.m.)

Spengler plumber; tinsmith

spur. = spurius, spuria illegitimate

Staat state

Staatsangehrigkeit citizenship, nationality

Staatsarchiv state archives

Stadt city

Stammbaum family tree, pedigree

Stand occupation, status, condition


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Standesamt civil registrars office

starb died

Steinhauer stonecutter

Steinmetz stonemason

stellen place, put, impose

Stellmacher wheelwright

Sterbeflle deaths

sterben to die

Steuer tax

Stickflu asthma

Stiefbruder half brother, stepbrother

Stiefkind stepchild

Stiefmutter stepmother

Stiefschwester half sister, stepsister

Stiefvater stepfather

Stillgeburt stillbirth

Strae street

Stunde hour

Sucht sickness, mania, rage

Sden south

S.v. = Sohn von son of


TGerman English

T.d. = Tochter des, der daughter of

T.v. = Tochter von daughter of

Tabelle index, table

Tag day

Tagelhner day laborer

Tagner day laborer

Tal, Thal valley

Tante aunt

Tapazier (wall)paper hanger

Taufe baptismtaufen to baptize

Taufpaten godparents

Taufschein baptismal certificate

tausend thousand

Testament will

Tischler cabinetmaker, furniture maker

Tochter daughter

Tchterchen young daughter

Tchterlein young daughterTochtermann son-in-law

Tod death

Todesart manner of death


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Tpfer potter

tot dead

Totengrber grave digger

totgeboren stillborn

Trauung marriage

Trennung separation, divorce

tschechisch Czech

Tschechoslowakai Czechoslovakia

Tuberkulose tuberculosis

Tuchmacher cloth maker, draper

Tumor tumor


Uber

German English

u.d. = und des, und der and of

ber about, concerning, over

berleben survive

Uhr oclock, clock, watch

um at, about, around, concerning

unbekannt unknown

und and

und der and ofund des and of

unehelich illegitimate

ungarisch Hungarian

Ungarn Hungary

ungefhr about, circa, approximately

uns us

unter under, lower

Unterleib abdomen

Unterleibsentzndung abdominal inflammation, peritonitisUnterleibstyphus typhoid fever

Unterleibsverhrtung abdomenal hardening

Unterrichter judge

Unterschrieben signed

Unterschrift signature

Unterzeichnete the undersigned

unverheiratet unmarried

Urenkelkind great-grandchild

Urgromutter great-grandmother

Urgrovater great-grandfather

Urkunde record, document

Ururgromutter great-great-grandmother


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Ururgrovater great-great-grandfather

ux. = uxor wife


VGerman English

Vater fatherverehelicht married

Verehelichung marriage

vergangen past

vergraben buried

verh. = verheiratet married

Verkufer seller, vendor

verl. = verlobt engaged

verlebte deceased

verloben, sich to become engagedVerlobte fiance

Verlobter fianc

Verlobung betrothal, engagement

Vermieter landlord, lessor

Vermgen estate, assets

Verpchter landlord, lessor

verrichtet performed

verschiedene various

versehen given the last rights, extreme unction (e.g., dates in context of a death record)

Verstopfung constipation

verstorben deceased, defunct

Verstorbene the deceased

Verwaltung administration

Verwandten relatives

Verwandtschaft relationship

verwitwet widowed

Verzeichnis register, list, index

Vetter male cousin

vid. = viduus, vidua widower, widowvielleicht perhaps, maybe

vier four

vierte fourth

vierundzwanzigste twenty-fourth

vierzehn fourteen

vierzehnte fourteenth

vierzig forty

vierzigste fortieth

Vogt steward, overseerVoigt steward, overseer

Volkszhlung census

volljhrig of age, of legal age


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vollzogen performed

von of, from, by

vor before; ago

vorherig previous, preceding

vorheriger Tag the previous day

vorlufig for the time being

vormals formerly

Vormittags in the morning

Vormund guardian

Vorname given name

Vorstadt suburbs, outskirts of town


WGerman English

Wagner cartwrightWaise orphan

Wald forest, woods

wann when

Wappen coat of arms

Wappenkunde heraldry

war was

waren were

warum why

was what

Wassersucht dropsy, edema

Weber weaver

Weduwe widow

wegen because of

Wehmutter midwife

Weib wife, woman

weiblich female

weil. = weiland deceased

weiland deceased

Weiland the deceasedWeiler hamlet

wei white

Weigerber tanner

welche which

wer who

werden to become

West west

weyland deceased

wie howWindpocken chicken pox

Wintermonat November

Wirt innkeeper


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Wittib widow

Wittiber widower

Witwer widower

wo where

Woche week

Wochenbett childbed

woher from where

wohnen to live, residing

Wohnort place of residence

Wohnplatz place of residence

Wohnung domicile, residence

wollen to want

Wonnemonat May

Wrterbuch dictionary

wurde geboren was born

wurde getauft was baptized

wrdig worthy

Wwe. = Witwe widow

Wwer. = Witwer widower


XGerman English

Xber, Xbris December


ZGerman English

zhlen to count

Zahnkrmpfe teething

Zahnung teething

zehn ten

Zehnt(en)buch tithing book

zehnte tenth

Zehnten tithes

zehrendes Fieber consumptive fever

Zehrung consuption

Zeit time

Zeuge witness

Ziegler brick maker

Ziehmutter, -sohn,-tochter

foster mother, son, daughter

Zimmermann Carpenter

Zivilstandsamt civil registrar's officeZllner publican, tax collector

zu Hause at home

Zukunft future


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Zuname surname, last name

zusammen together

zwanzig twenty

zwanzigte twentieth

zwei two

zweihundert two hundred

zwei tausend two thousand

zweite second

zweiundzwanzigste twenty-second

Zwilling(e) twin, twins

zwischen between

zwlf twelve

Zwlfer member of a council

zwlfte twelfth


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