German Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions

ab from, since <br>Abbauer&nbsp;tenant on a (new, split-off) farm; heir with a small part of a farm (usually a second son)<br>Abdecker&nbsp;skinner<br>Abend evening <br>Abendmahlgast&nbsp;communicant<br>abends in the evening <br>Abenteurer&nbsp;jeweler; adventurer<br>aber but <br>abgestorben deceased<br>Ablader longshoreman<br>Abnahmemann&nbsp;retired farmer on life estate<br>Abnehmer&nbsp;photographer<br>Abschiedsmann&nbsp; man retired on life estate<br>absterben to die, to die off <br>Abstreifer&nbsp;renderer;&nbsp;flayer<br>acht eight <br>achte eighth<br>Achter&nbsp; juryman<br>achtundzwanzigste twenty-eighth <br>achtzehn eighteen <br>achtzehnhundert eighteen hundred <br>achtzehnte eighteenth <br>achtzig eighty <br>achtzigste eightieth <br>Ackermann farmer <br>Adel gentry, nobleman <br>a.D. = außer Dienst formerly employed, retired <br>adoptiert adopted <br>Ahnen ancestors <br>Ahnentafel pedigree chart <br>Akten documents <br>alle all <br>allhier in this place <br>alt old <br>Altbürger full citizen <br>Alter age <br>Altersschwäche weakness of old age <br>ältest eldest <br>alt-katholisch old Catholic <br>Amman bailiff, magistrate <br>Amt office, district <br>Anbauer peasant <br>andere other, next <br>Angeber informant <br>angeblich alleged, assumed <br>Anmerkungen remarks <br>Anspänner farmer <br>apostolisch Apostolic <br>April April <br>Arbeiter laborer, worker <br>Archiv archive <br>arm poor <br>Armut poverty <br>Arzt physician <br>auch also, too <br>auf on, upon, at <br>aufbieten post banns <br>Aufenthaltserlaubnis residence permit <br>Aufenthaltsort residence <br>Aufgebot publication of banns <br>August August <br>aus from, out of <br>außen outside <br>äußere outside, outward, external <br>außerehelich illegitimate <br>Auswanderer emigrant <br>Auswanderung emigration <br>Auszehrung consumption or emaciation (especially from TB) <br>Auszug extract&nbsp;