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This list contains German words with their English translations. On most computers, CTL+F will search this page for the word you wish to translate. The words 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-English dictionary. Latin words are often found in German records, and a few are included in this list. See the [[Latin Genealogical Word List|Latin Word List]] (34077).
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==Introduction==


German is spoken in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Records written in German 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 the province 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 the Dutch word list useful when working with these records.  
This list contains German words with their English translations. On most computers, simultaneously pressing CTRL and F (Command and F, if on a Mac) will search this page for the word you wish to translate. The words 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-English dictionary, the online [http://www.woerterbuchnetz.de/DWB Grimm Deutsches Wörterbuch] (one of the best sources), or other regional online dictionaries found at [http://www.woerterbuchnetz.de woerterbuchnetz.de]. Latin words are often found in German records, and a few are included in this list. See the [[Latin Genealogical Word List|Latin Genealogical Word List]] (34077).  


In addition, German is found in some early records of the United States, such as in Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin, and other states where Germans lived.  
German is spoken in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Records written in German may be found in these countries and also in parts of Poland, Denmark, Luxembourg, Czechia, Hungary, and wherever German people settled. There are several different dialects in the German language. For example, in the province of Westfalen and other areas of Germany that border the Netherlands, you may notice words that are closely related to Dutch. You may find the [[Dutch Genealogical Word List|Dutch Genealogical Word List]] useful when working with these records.  


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


German words for persons, places, and things (nouns) are always capitalized. All nouns are classified as masculine, feminine, or neuter. This classification is called gender. The gender of a noun is indicated by der (masculine), die (feminine), and das (neuter), which translates as "the." Word endings may vary, depending on the way the words are used in the sentence.
==Language Characteristics==


'''Variant Forms of Words'''
German words for persons, places, and things (nouns) are always capitalized. All nouns are classified as masculine, feminine, or neuter. This classification is called gender. The gender of a noun is indicated by der (masculine), die (feminine), and das (neuter), all three of which translate as "the." Word endings may vary depending on the way the words are used in the sentence.


In German, as in English, the forms of some words will vary according to how they are used in the sentence. Who—whose—whom or marry—marries— married are examples of words in English with variant forms. In German, the form of many words 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 words vary with usage.  
===Variant Forms of Words===
In German, as in English, the forms of some words will vary according to how they are used in the sentence. Who—whose—whom or marry—marries—married are examples of words in English with variant forms. In German, the form of many words can change greatly. This word list focuses on the standard form of each German word. As you read German records, you will need to be aware that some words vary with usage.  


The endings of words in a document may differ from those on this list. For example, the document may use the word junger, but you will find it in this word list as jung. In addition, the suffixes -chen and -lein are often added to words to indicate "little." Therefore, the word Söhnchen means "little or young son," and Töchterlein means "little or young daughter."
The endings of words in a document may differ from those on this list. For example, the document may use the word junger, but you will find it in this word list as jung. In addition, the suffixes -chen and -lein are often added to words to indicate "little"; when one of these suffixes is added, the vowel usually changes slightly. Therefore, the word Söhnchen means "little or young son" (Sohn = son) and Töchterlein means "little or young daughter" (Tochter = daughter).  


Adjectives describe nouns and must have the proper masculine, feminine, or neuter endings. For example, in German you would say "junger Mann" (young man) or "junges Mädchen" (young maiden) if man and maiden are the subjects of a sentence. Adjective endings can change depending on usage and gender.  
Adjectives describe nouns and must have the proper masculine, feminine, or neuter endings. For example, in German you would say "junger Mann" (young man), "junges Mädchen" (young maiden), or "junge Frau" (young woman) if a man, maiden, and woman are the subjects of a 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 becomes Kinder, Frau becomes Frauen, and Aufgebot becomes Aufgebote. Plurality may also change the vowel slightly. For example, Mann becomes Männer.  
Plural words are usually formed by adding -er, -en, or -e. Thus the word Kind becomes Kinder, Frau becomes Frauen, and Aufgebot becomes Aufgebote. Plurality may also change the vowel slightly. For example, Mann becomes Männer.  


In German, many words are formed by joining two or more words. Very few of these compound words are included in this list. You will need to look up each part of the word separately. For example, Geburtstag is a combination of two words, Geburt (birth) and Tag (day).  
In German, many words are formed by joining two or more words together. Very few of these compound words are included in this list. You will need to look up each part of the word separately. For example, Geburtstag is a combination of two words: Geburt (birth) and Tag (day).  
 
===Dialects===
Germany has a range of different dialects. These can be grouped into two main groups: Low German spoken in the northern lowlands of Germany, and High German spoken in the more mountainous south. Traditional dialects form a continuum as opposed to sharp charges, with dialects slowing becoming more "Low German" as one moves towards the north. Dutch dialects can be viewed as a continuation of this continuum. 


=== Diacritic Marks  ===
High German has become the most "standard" dialect of German. See these wiki articles for specific information on Low German: [[Low German Language in German Research]], [[The Dialect Basis of Spelling Variation in German Surnames]], [[Spelling Variants in the Northern Rheinland]].


Written German uses several letters in addition to the 26 letters used in the English alphabet. These are Ä (ä), Ö (ö), Ü (ü), and ß. Historically, German also included Ÿ (ÿ) which today have been primarily replaced phonetically with the letters I (i) and Ü (ü).  
==Diacritic Marks==
 
German uses diacritics over several letters, i.e. Ä (ä), Ö (ö), Ü (ü). These diacritics are not optional in German because the pronunciation and meaning of a word will be changed depending on whether the diacritic is added or omitted. There is another symbol that will be found in German, namely ß.  It has the value of <ss>. Historically, German also included Ÿ (ÿ) which today has been replaced with the letters I (i) and Ü (ü).  


For data entry and some searches, it is useful to know how to create these characters. Note: Do not use diacritics when searching in the FamilySearch Catalog.  
For data entry and some searches, it is useful to know how to create these characters. Note: Do not use diacritics when searching in the FamilySearch Catalog.  


From a PC keyboard, these letters may be created by using the following keystroke combinations:
From a PC keyboard, these letters may be created by using the following keystroke combinations.  Make sure the '''''number lock''''' is on.


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|-
| width="25%" | '''Letter'''  
| width="25%" |'''Letter'''
| width="25%" | '''Code'''  
| width="25%" |'''Code'''
| width="25%" | '''Letter'''  
| width="25%" |'''Letter'''
| width="25%" | '''Code'''
| width="25%" |'''Code'''
|-
|-
| Ä  
|Ä
| Alt + 0196
|Alt + 142
| ä  
|ä
| Alt + 0228
|Alt + 132
|-
|-
| Ö  
|Ö
| Alt + 0214
|Alt + 153
| ö  
|ö
| Alt + 0246
|Alt + 148
|-
|-
| Ü  
|Ü
| Alt + 0220
|Alt + 154
| ü  
|ü
| Alt + 0252
|Alt + 129
|-
|-
| ß  
|ß
| Alt + 0223
|Alt + 225
| &nbsp;
|  
| &nbsp;
|  
|-
|-
| Ÿ  
|Ÿ
| Alt + 0159
|Alt + 376
| ÿ  
|ÿ
| Alt + 0255
|Alt + 152
|}
|}
On a Linux system it is possible to use a control combination with the Unicode code for the characters.  Using the '''left''' Ctrl and Shift keys and the U key at the same time, then type the code and hit Enter.  For example, left Ctrl-Shift-U then c then 4 then enter will produce Ä, Ctrl-Shift-U then dc is Ü, and so on.  For a complete list of codes, reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters.


=== Alphabetical Order ===
==Alphabetical Order==


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


=== Spelling ===
==Spelling==


Because spelling rules were not standardized in earlier centuries, spelling variations are common. Local dialect often affects the spelling in genealogical records. In German records, the following letters are sometimes used interchangeably:  
Because spelling rules were not standardized in earlier centuries, spelling variations are common. Local dialect often affects the spelling in genealogical records, and a person's name may show up spelled in numerous ways in various records (sometimes even within a single record). In German records, the following letters are sometimes used interchangeably:  


*p used for b  
*p used for b
*a used for e  
*a used for e
*t used for d or dt  
*t used for d or dt
*s used for z  
*s used for z
*ck used for k  
*ck used for k
*y used for i or j  
*y used for i or j
*v used for w or f  
*v used for w or f
*k used for g  
*k used for g
*tz used for z  
*tz used for z
*ig used for isch or ich  
*ig used for isch or ich
*t used for th  
*t used for th
*u used for i
*u used for i


Examples:  
Examples:  


*Freytag for Freitag  
*Freytag for Freitag
*Burckhart for Burkhard  
*Burckhart for Burkhard
*Waldpurga for Waldburga  
*Waldpurga for Waldburga
*undt for und
*undt for und


=== Additional Resources ===
== Transcription ==
 
In transcriptions of German handwriting some errors are prevalent:
 
*n transcribed u or w
*e transcribed n or r
*r transcribed s
*Z transcribed F, G, J, or L
*z transcribed g or y
 
== Transliteration ==
 
Transliteration between languages (especially in personal names) is seen as a result of migration and due to the geographical proximity of languages. The German letters s and z are notably affected. As such, e.g., a German name containing the letter s is likely to appear with the letters sz in Hungarian.
 
* German s = Hungarian sz
* German sh = Hungarian s
* German z = Hungarian cz = Dutch s


This word list includes only words most commonly found in genealogical sources. For further help, use a German-English dictionary. Several German-English dictionaries are available in the Family History Library. These are in the European collection. The call numbers begin with 433.21.  
==Additional Resources==
 
This word list includes only words most commonly found in genealogical sources. For further help, use a German-English dictionary. Several German-English dictionaries are available in the FamilySearch Library. These are in the European collection. The call numbers begin with 433.21.  


Particularly helpful dictionaries include:  
Particularly helpful dictionaries include:  


*''Langenscheidt New Muret-Sanders Encyclopedic Dictionary of the English and German Languages''. Berlin, Germany: Langenscheidt, 1969, 1974 (FHL book 433.21 Sp83n).
*''Langenscheidt New Muret-Sanders Encyclopedic Dictionary of the English and German Languages''. Berlin, Germany: Langenscheidt, 1969, 1974 (FS Library book 433.21 Sp83n).


*''The New Cassell’s German Dictionary, German-English, English-German''. New York, NY, USA: Funk and Wagnalls, Inc., 1971 (FHL book 433.211 C272 1971).
*''The New Cassell’s German Dictionary, German-English, English-German''. New York, NY, USA: Funk and Wagnalls, Inc., 1971 (FS Library book 433.211 C272 1971).


*''Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms''. German and Latin terms are included at this [http://www.antiquusmorbus.com/ website].
*''Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms''. German and Latin terms are included at this [http://www.antiquusmorbus.com/ website].
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*''Das Deutsche Wörterbuch / Deutsches Wörterbuch (DWB, The "German Dictionary" / "German Dictionary")'' is one of the most important dictionaries of the German language. Written entirely in German, the dictionary contains 32 volumes and includes about 350,000 main entries. It is particularly useful for finding the meaning of words in genealogical documents that are no longer used in modern German. See the online version by clicking [http://www.dwb.uni-trier.de/ here].
*''Das Deutsche Wörterbuch / Deutsches Wörterbuch (DWB, The "German Dictionary" / "German Dictionary")'' is one of the most important dictionaries of the German language. Written entirely in German, the dictionary contains 32 volumes and includes about 350,000 main entries. It is particularly useful for finding the meaning of words in genealogical documents that are no longer used in modern German. See the online version by clicking [http://www.dwb.uni-trier.de/ here].


Additional dictionaries are listed in the subject section of the FamilySearch Catalog under GERMAN LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES or in the locality section under GERMANY - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES.  
*''[http://www.kruenitz1.uni-trier.de/ Oeconomische Encyclopädie online]'' Encyclopedia of archaic German terms (German to German).


'''A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:'''
Additional dictionaries are listed in the subject section of the FamilySearch Catalog under GERMAN LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES or in the locality section under GERMANY - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES.


[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Germany,_Saxony,_Freiberg_Funeral_Sermons_%28FamilySearch_Historical_Records%29 Germany, Saxony, Freiberg Funeral Sermons (FamilySearch Historical Records)]
*[https://script.byu.edu/german-handwriting/introduction BYU Script German Tutorials]


For resources showing how any name or word looks written in the old German script, see Language Aids at [[Germany Languages]].


 
==Key Words==
=== Key Words ===


To find and use specific types of German records, you will need to know some key words in German. This section gives key genealogical terms in English and the German words with the same or similar meanings.  
To find and use specific types of German records, you will need to know some key words in German. This section gives key genealogical terms in English and the German words with the same or similar meanings.  
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{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
|-
| width="25%" | '''English'''  
| width="25%" |'''English'''
| '''German'''
|'''German'''
|-
|-
| birth  
|birth
| Geburten, Geburtsregister, Geborene, geboren
|Geburten, Geburtsregister, Geborene, geboren
|-
|-
| burial  
|burial
| Beerdigungen, begraben, Begräbnisse, bestattet, beerdigt
|Beerdigungen, begraben, Begräbnisse, bestattet, beerdigt
|-
|-
| Catholic  
|Catholic
| katholisch
|katholisch
|-
|-
| child
|census
| Kind, Kinder
|Volkszählung
|-
|-
| christening
|child
| Taufe, Taufen, Getaufte
|Kind, Kinder
|-
|-
| confirmations
|christening
| Konfirmationen, Firmungen
|Taufe, Taufen, Getaufte
|-
|-
| civil registry
|confirmations
| Standesamt
|Konfirmationen, Firmungen
|-
|-
| death
|civil registry
| Tote, Tod, sterben, starb, verstorben, gestorben, Sterbefall
|Standesamt
|-
|-
| father
|death
| Vater
|Tote, Tod, sterben, starb, verstorben, gestorben, Sterbefall
|-
|-
| husband
|father
| Mann, Ehemann, Gatte
|Vater
|-
|-
| index
|husband
| Verzeichnis, Register
|Mann, Ehemann, Gatte
|-
|-
| Jewish
|index
| jüdisch, Jude(n), israelitisch
|Verzeichnis, Register
|-
|-
| marriage banns
|Jewish
| Proklamationen, Aufgebote, Verkündigungen
|jüdisch, Jude(n), israelitisch
|-
|-
| marriage  
|marriage banns
| Heiraten, Trauungen, Getraute, Ehe, Kopulation, kopulieren, verheiratet, Verehelichungen, Eheschliessungen
|Proklamationen, Aufgebote, Verkündigungen
|-
|-
| month
|marriage
| Monat
|Heiraten, Trauungen, Getraute, Ehe, Kopulation, kopulieren, verheiratet, Verehelichungen, Eheschliessungen
|-
|-
| mother
|month
| Mutter
|Monat
|-
|-
| name, given
|mother
| Vorname, Name
|Mutter
|-
|-
| name, surname
|name, given
| Zuname, Familienname, Geschlechtsname, Name
|Vorname, Name
|-
|-
| parents
|name, surname
| Eltern
|Zuname, Familienname, Geschlechtsname, Name
|-
|-
| parish
|parents
| Pfarrei, Kirchspiel, Gemeinde
|Eltern
|-
|-
| Protestant
|parish
| evangelisch, lutherisch, Protestant
|Pfarrei, Kirchspiel, Gemeinde
|-
|-
| Reformed
|Protestant
| reformiert
|evangelisch, lutherisch, Protestant
|-
|-
| wife
|Reformed
| Frau, Ehegattin, Weib, Ehefrau, Hausfrau, Gattin
|reformiert
|-
|-
| year  
|wife
| Jahr
|Frau, Ehefrau, Hausfrau, Weib, Eheweib, Gattin, Ehegattin
|-
|year
|Jahr
|}
|}


=== Numbers  ===
==Dates/Time==


{| width="100%" border="1"
In German records, dates are often written out. For example:
 
Freitag den vierzehnten Februar achtzehnhundert sechs und dreißig [Friday, the 14th of February, eighteen hundred six and thirty (1836)].
 
To understand German dates, use the following lists as well as the “Numbers” section on this wiki page.
 
===Months===
 
{|
|-
|-
| width="15%" | '''Number'''
|'''English'''
| '''Cardinal'''  
|'''German'''
| '''Ordinal'''
|-
|-
| 1
|January
| eins
|Januar, Jänner, Hartung, Jenner
| erste
|-
|-
| 2
|February
| zwei
|Februar, Hornung
| zweite
|-
|-
| 3
|March
| drei<br>dreÿ
|März, Frühlingsmonat
| dritte
|-
|-
| 4
|April
| vier
|April, Ostermonat, Osteren
| vierte
|-
|-
| 5
|May
| fünf
|Mai, Wonnemonat, Blütemonat
| fünfte
|-
|-
| 6
|June
| sechs
|Juni, Brachmonat
| sechste
|-
|-
| 7
|July
| sieben
|Juli, Heuert, Heumonat, Heuet
| siebte
|-
|-
| 8
|August
| acht
|August, Erntemonat, Hitzmonat
| achte
|-
|-
| 9
|September
| neun
|September, Fruchtmonat, Herbstmonat, Herpsten, 7ber, 7bris
| neunte
|-
|-
| 10
|October
| zehn
|Oktober, Weinmonat, 8ber, 8bris
| zehnte
|-
|-
| 11
|November
| elf
|November, Wintermonat, 9ber, 9bris
| elfte
|-
|-
| 12
|December
| zwölf
|Dezember, Christmonat, 10ber, 10bris, Xber, Xbris
| zwölfte
|}
 
A more extensive list of [[Month Names in German|month names in German]].
 
===Days of the Week===
 
{|
|-
|-
| 13
|'''English'''
| dreizehn
|  
| dreizehnte
|'''German'''
|-
|-
| 14
|Sunday
| vierzehn
|  
| vierzehnte
|Sonntag
|-
|-
| 15
|Monday
| fünfzehn
|  
| fünfzehnte
|Montag
|-
|-
| 16
|Tuesday
| sechzehn
|  
| sechzehnte
|Dienstag
|-
|-
| 17
|Wednesday
| siebzehn
|  
| siebzehnte
|Mittwoch
|-
|-
| 18
|Thursday
| achtzehn
|  
| achtzehnte
|Donnerstag
|-
|-
| 19
|Friday
| neunzehn
|  
| neunzehnte
|Freitag, Freytag
|-
|-
| 20
|Saturday
| zwanzig
|  
| zwanzigste
|Samstag, Sonnabend
|-
|}
| 21
 
| einundzwanzig
See also:
| einundzwanzigste
 
|-
*[[Week Day Symbols|Special symbols used for week days]].
| 22
 
| zweiundzwanzig
<br>
| zweiundzwanzigste
 
===Times of the Day===
 
German birth and death records often indicated the exact time of day when the birth or death occurred. This is usually written out.
 
{|
|'''German'''
|'''English'''
|-
|ein Uhr
|one (o’clock)
|-
|zwei Uhr
|two (o’clock)
|-
|drei Uhr
|three (o’clock)
|-
|halb eins
|half one = 12:30
|-
|halb zwei
|half two = 1:30
|-
|halbe Stunde
|half hour
|-
|-
| 23
|Stunde
| dreiundzwanzig
|hour
| dreiundzwanzigste
|-
|-
| 24
|früh
| vierundzwanzig
|early (a.m.)
| vierundzwanzigste
|-
|-
| 25
|spät
| fünfundzwanzig
|late (p.m.)
| fünfundzwanzigste
|-
|-
| 26
|morgens
| sechsundzwanzig
|in the morning
| sechsundzwanzigste
|-
|-
| 27
|vormittags
| siebenundzwanzig
|in the forenoon
| siebenundzwanzigste
|-
|-
| 28
|mittags
| achtundzwanzig
|at noon
| achtundzwanzigste
|-
|-
| 29
|nachmittags
| neunundzwanzig
|in the afternoon
| neunundzwanzigste
|-
|-
| 30
|abends
| dreißig
|in the evening
| dreißigste
|-
|mitternachts
|at midnight
|-
|Diesen tag
|this (very) day, today
|-
|-
| 31
| einunddreißig
| einunddreißigste
|}
|}


=== General Word List  ===
===Symbols===


Note: In German, letters with diacritical marks are alphabetized as if they did not have a diacritical mark. In some other languages, they are alphabetized separately.  
Sometimes a symbol is used in German genealogical sources rather than abbreviations. Some of these are shown at [http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Genealogische_Symbole_und_Zeichen GenWiki, Genealogical Symbols and Signs].
 
<br>
 
==Occupations==
*[[Media:German Occupations Vocabulary.pdf|German Occupations Vocabulary handout]]
*[http://www.ahnenforschung-benz.de/gewerbe.htm Berufe und Sozialstatus der Vorfahren] In German.<br>An excellent analysis of historical German occupations and social status.<br>'''Hint:''' Use a web-based translator or translator/browser like Chrome to see this in passable English.
 
==Medical Terminology==
*[[Media:Illnesses Vocabulary-Kurrent-german.pdf|Illnesses Vocabulary handout]]
*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Kategorie:Krankheitsbezeichnung German Medical Terminology] - includes historical illnesses and medical terms


==== A  ====
==Numbers==


{| width="100%" border="1"
{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''  
| width="15%" |'''Number'''
| '''English'''
|'''Cardinal (English)'''
|'''Cardinal (German)'''
|'''Ordinal (German)'''
|-
|-
| A. = Amt, Amtsbezirk
|1
| government office, official district
|one
|eins
|erste
|-
|-
| Ab., Abe. = Abbaue(e), Ausbau(e)
|2
| surface mine(s)
|two
|zwei<br>zweÿ
|zweite
|-
|-
| Abt. = Abteilung
|3
| department
|three
|drei<br>dreÿ
|dritte
|-
|-
| a/d = an der, auf der
|4
| on the, by the (followed by the name of a river or other geographical feature)
|four
|vier
|vierte
|-
|-
| A.G. = Amtsgericht
|5
| lower court, county court
|five
|fünf
|fünfte
|-
|-
| Anh. = Anhalt
|6
| duchy
|six
|sechs
|sechste
|-
|-
| ab
|7
| from, since
|seven
|sieben
|siebte
|-
|-
| Abbauer
|8
| tenant on a (new, split-off) farm; heir with a small part of a farm (usually a second son)
|eight
|acht
|achte
|-
|-
| Abdecker
|9
| skinner
|nine
|neun
|neunte
|-
|-
| Abend
|10
| evening
|ten
|zehn
|zehnte
|-
|-
| Abendmahlgast
|11
| communicant
|eleven
|elf<br>eilf
|elfte<br>eilfte
|-
|-
| abends
|12
| in the evening
|twelve
|zwölf
|zwölfte
|-
|-
| Abenteurer
|13
| jeweler, jewel trader; adventurer
|thirteen
|dreizehn
|dreizehnte
|-
|-
| aber
|14
| but
|fourteen
|vierzehn
|vierzehnte
|-
|-
| abgestorben
|15
| deceased
|fifteen
|fünfzehn
|fünfzehnte
|-
|-
| Ablader
|16
| longshoreman
|sixteen
|sechzehn
|sechzehnte
|-
|-
| Abnahmemann
|17
| retired farmer on life estate
|seventeen
|siebzehn
|siebzehnte
|-
|-
| Abnehmer
|18
| photographer
|eighteen
|achtzehn
|achtzehnte
|-
|-
| Abschiedsmann
|19
| man retired on life estate
|nineteen
|neunzehn
|neunzehnte
|-
|-
| absterben
|20
| to die, to die off
|twenty
|zwanzig
|zwanzigste
|-
|-
| Abstreifer
|21
| renderer; flayer
|twenty-one
|einundzwanzig
|einundzwanzigste
|-
|-
| Abzehrung
|22
| emaciation, wasting
|twenty-two
|zweiundzwanzig
|zweiundzwanzigste
|-
|-
| acht
|23
| eight
|twenty-three
|dreiundzwanzig
|dreiundzwanzigste
|-
|-
| achte
|24
| eighth
|twenty-four
|vierundzwanzig
|vierundzwanzigste
|-
|-
| Achter
|25
| juryman
|twenty-five
|fünfundzwanzig
|fünfundzwanzigste
|-
|-
| achtundzwanzigste
|26
| twenty-eighth
|twenty-six
|sechsundzwanzig
|sechsundzwanzigste
|-
|-
| achtzehn
|27
| eighteen
|twenty-seven
|siebenundzwanzig
|siebenundzwanzigste
|-
|-
| achtzehnhundert
|28
| eighteen hundred
|twenty-eight
|achtundzwanzig
|achtundzwanzigste
|-
|-
| achtzehnte
|29
| eighteenth
|twenty-nine
|neunundzwanzig
|neunundzwanzigste
|-
|-
| achtzig
|30
| eighty
|thirty
|dreißig
|dreißigste
|-
|-
| achtzigste
|31
| eightieth
|thirty-one
|einunddreißig
|einunddreißigste
|-
|-
| Ackermann
|40
| farmer
|forty
|vierzig
|vierzigste
|-
|-
| Adel
|50
| gentry, nobleman
|fifty
|fünfzig
|fünfzigste
|-
|-
| a.D. = außer Dienst
|60
| formerly employed, retired
|sixty
|sechzig
|sechzigste
|-
|-
| adoptiert
|70
| adopted
|seventy
|siebzig
|siebzigste
|-
|-
| Ahnen
|80
| ancestors
|eighty
|achtzig
|achtzigste
|-
|-
| Ahnentafel
|90
| pedigree chart
|ninety
|neunzig
|neunzigste
|-
|-
| Akten
|100
| documents
|one hundred
|(ein)hundert
|(ein)hundertste
|-
|-
| alle
|101
| all
|one hundred (and) one
|(ein)hunderteins
|(ein)hunderterste
|-
|-
| allhier
|102
| in this place
|one hundred (and) two
|(ein)hundertzwei
|(ein)hundertzweite
|-
|-
| alt
|120
| old
|one hundred (and) twenty
|(ein)hundertzwanzig
|(ein)hundertzwanzigste
|-
|-
| Altbürger
|121
| full citizen
|one hundred (and) twenty-one
|(ein)hunderteinundzwanzig
|(ein)hunderteinundzwanzigste
|-
|-
| Alter
|122
| age
|one hundred (and) twenty-two
|(ein)hundertzweiundzwanzig
|(ein)hundertzweiundzwanzigste
|-
|-
| Altersschwäche
|200
| weakness of old age
|two hundred
|zweihundert
|zweihundertste
|-
|-
| ältest
|300
| eldest
|three hundred
|dreihundert
|dreihundertste
|-
|-
| alt-katholisch
|1.000
| old Catholic
|one thousand
|(ein)tausend
|(ein)tausendste
|-
|-
| Amman
|1.001
| bailiff, magistrate
|one thousand (and) one
|(ein)tausendeins
|(ein)tausenderste
|-
|-
| Amt
|1.002
| office, district
|one thousand (and) two
|(ein)tausendzwei
|(ein)tausendzweite
|-
|-
| Anbauer
|1.050
| peasant
|one thousand (and) fifty
|(ein)tausendfünfzig
|(ein)tausendfünfzigste
|-
|-
| andere
|1.100
| other, next
|one thousand (and) one hundred<br>eleven hundred
|(ein)tausendeinhundert
|(ein)tausendeinhundertste
|-
|-
| Angeber
|1.500<br>1500
| informant
|one thousand (and) five hundred<br>fifteen hundred
|(ein)tausendfünfhundert<br>fünfzehnhundert<br>Fünfzehnjahrhundert (1400s century)
|(ein)tausendfünfhundertste<br>fünfzehnhundertste
|-
|-
| angeblich
|1.600<br>1600
| alleged, assumed
|one thousand (and) six hundred<br>sixteen hundred
|(ein)tausendsechshundert<br>sechzehnhundert<br>Sechzehnjahrhundert (1500s century)
|(ein)tausendsechshundertste<br>sechzehnhundertste
|-
|-
| Anhalt
|1.700<br>1700
| duchy
|one thousand (and) seven hundred<br>seventeen hundred
|(ein)tausendsiebenhundert<br>siebzehnhundert<br>Siebzehnjahrhundert (1600s century)
|(ein)tausendsiebenhundertste<br>siebzehnhundertste
|-
|-
| Anmerkungen
|1.800<br>1800
| remarks
|one thousand (and) eight hundred<br>eighteen hundred
|(ein)tausendachthundert<br>achtzehnhundert<br>Achtzehnjahrhundert (1700s century)
|(ein)tausendachthundertste<br>achtzehnhundertste
|-
|-
| Anspänner
|1.865<br>1865
| farmer
|one thousand, eight hundred, (and) sixty-five<br>eighteen sixty-five
|(ein)tausendachthundertfünfundsechzig<br>achtzehnhundertfünfundsechzig<br>actzehnhundert sechzig fünf (rarely in old documents)
|(ein)tausendachthundertfünfundsechzigste<br>achtzehnhundertfünfundsechzigste
|-
|-
| apostolisch
|1.900<br>1900
| Apostolic
|one thousand (and) nine hundred<br>nineteen hundred
|(ein)tausendneunhundert<br>neunzehnhundert<br>Neunzehnjahrhundert (1800s century)
|(ein)tausendneunhundertste<br>neunzehnhundertste
|-
|-
| April
|2.000<br>2000
| April
|two thousand
|zweitausend<br>zwanzighundert<br>Zwanzigjahrhundert (1900s century)
|zweitausendste<br>zwanzighundertste
|-
|-
| Arbeiter
|10.000
| laborer, worker
|ten thousand
|zehntausend
|zehntausendste
|-
|-
| Archiv
|100.000
| archive
|one hundred thousand
|hunderttausend
|hunderttausendste
|-
|-
| arm
|1.000.000
| poor
|one million
|eine Million
|millionste
|-
|-
| Armut
|1.000.000.000
| poverty
|one billion
|eine Millarde
|milliardste
|}
 
==Types of Farmers==
 
There are many different words meaning "farmer" in German. Most of these words explain what type of farmer a person is.
 
{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
|-
| Arzt
| width="25%" |'''German'''
| physician
|'''English'''
|-
|-
| auch
|Abbauer
| also, too
|farmer on a section split off from the original farm, perhaps a later-born son
|-
|-
| auf
|Abnahmemann
| on, upon, at
|retired farmer living on a life estate
|-
|-
| aufbieten
|Abschiedsmann
| post banns
|retired farmer living on a life estate
|-
|-
| Aufenthaltserlaubnis
|Achtelbauer
| residence permit
|farmer with 1/8 farm
|-
|-
| Aufenthaltsort
|Achtelhüfner
| residence
|farmer with 1/8 farm
|-
|-
| Aufgebot
|Achtermann
| publication of banns
|farmer on a farm behind one's own
|-
|-
| Aufnahmebuch
|Ackerbauer
| book listing debts
|farmer
|-
|-
| Aufnahmeland
|Ackerbürger
| country to which one immigrated
|farmer
|-
|-
| August
|Ackerer
| August
|farmer
|-
|-
| aus
|Ackerknecht
| from, out of
|farmhand
|-
|-
| außen
|Ackersmann
| outside
|farmer
|-
|-
| äußere
|Ackerwirt, Ackerwirth
| outside, outward, external
|farmer
|-
|-
| außerehelich
|Altbauer
| illegitimate
|old, established farmer, possibly retired
|-
|-
| Auswanderer
|Altenteiler, Ausgedinger, Ausdinger
| emigrant
|retired farmer
|-
|-
| Auswanderung
|Altenteilerin
| emigration
|retired farmer's wife
|-
|-
| Ausweis
|Althufner, Althüfner
| identification document
|retired farmer
|-
|-
| Auszehrung
|Altsitzer(in)
| consumption or emaciation (especially from TB)
|retired farmer
|-
|-
| Auszug
|Amtsmeier
| extract
|farmer with a large estate and special rights
|}
 
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==== B  ====
 
{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''
|Anbauer
| '''English'''
|small farmer
|-
|-
| B. = Bezirk
|Anspänner
| district or area
|farmer who owns draft animals (horses, oxen) and a wagon
|-
|-
| BA. = Bezirksamt
|Aröder
| district office
|new settler on farmland belonging to an estate
|-
|-
| Bay. = Bayern
|Artmann
| Bavaria
|farmer
|-
|-
| Bd. = Band
|Artmeier
| volume
|farmer
|-
|-
| Bhf. = Bahnhof
|Auenhäusler
| railroad station
|cottager, free villager with a small house, garden, and some livestock
|-
|-
| Bkdo. = Bezirkskommando
|Ausdinger
| military district command
|retired farmer
|-
|-
| bz. = beziehungsweise
|Auszügler
| or, respectively
|retired farmer
|-
|-
| Bäcker
|Bäuerle, Bauerli
| baker
|farmer (Swiss)
|-
|-
| Bad
|Bauer
| spa, resort
|peasant, farmer on a full-sized farm
|-
|-
| Badeort
|Bauernknecht
| spa, health resort
|farmhand
|-
|-
| Band
|Bauknecht
| volume
|farmhand
|-
|-
| Baptist
|Baumann
| Baptist
|farmer, can also be a builder
|-
|-
| Baron
|Beerbter
| baron
|farmer with an inheritable lease
|-
|-
| Bauer
|Behandinge
| farmer, peasant
|feudal tenure on a farm
|-
|-
| Bayern
|Beibauer
| Bavaria
|farmer on a new farm, officially recognized, but with few privileges
|-
|-
| Beamter
|Beisasse
| official, registrar
|landless renter without citizen rights in the community
|-
|-
| Beck(er)
|Beiwohner
| baker
|rental inhabitant without citizenship
|-
|-
| beerdigt
|Beständer
| buried
|farmer on a small farm
|-
|-
| Beerdigung
|Bestanderlasser
| burial, interment
|landlord over a small farm
|-
|-
| beglaubigt
|Bestandwirt
| certified, attested
|farmer leasing farm land
|-
|-
| begraben
|Bödener
| buried
|cottager, free villager with a small house, garden, and some livestock
|-
|-
| Begräbnis
|Bolsmann, Bohlsmann
| burial
|farmer with a full-sized farm
|-
|-
| Beichte
|Brinker
| confession
|cottager, see Brinksitzer
|-
|-
| beide
|Brinkkötter
| both
|cottager, see Brinksitzer
|-
|-
| Beilage
|Brinklieger
| supplement
|cottager, see Brinksitzer
|-
|-
| Bekannte(r)
|Brinkmann
| acquaintance
|cottager, see Brinksitzer
|-
|-
| Bekehrung
|Brinksitzer
| conversion
|cottager, his property situated on a grassy hill (Brink) on the outskirts
|-
|-
| Belege
|Büdner
| proof, documentation
|cottager, small-scale farmer, could also have a small shop
|-
|-
| Bemerkungen
|Buhmann, Bumann
| remarks
|farmer
|-
|-
| Berg
|Buschpächter
| hill, mountain
|tenant farmer who clears the land, then farms it (Eastern Pomerania)
|-
|-
| Bergmann
|Chalupner, Challupner
| miner
|small-scale farmer [often used in Czech records]
|-
|-
| Beruf
|Dotale, Dotalbauer
| occupation, profession
|farmer who leases church-income property
|-
|-
| Beschreibung
|Eigengärtner
| description
|cottager with a garden of his own
|-
|-
| Besitzer
|Eigenkäthner
| possessor, proprietor, owner
|cottager with a garden of his own
|-
|-
| bestätigt
|Eigenkötter
| confirmed, verified
|cottager with a garden of his own
|-
|-
| bestattet
|Einlieger
| buried
|free agricultural laborer
|-
|-
| bettlägerig
|Einspänner
| bedridden
|farmer with one horse
|-
|-
| Bettler
|Erbbauer
| beggar
|farmer on a full-sized farm with inherited lease rights
|-
|-
| Bevölkerungsregister
|Erbpächter
| population register
|farmer with a hereditary land lease
|-
|-
| bevorstehend
|Exner
| previously mentioned
|poorer farmer who used oxen
|-
|-
| Bezirk
|Feuerstättler
| district
|cottager (whose dwelling has a fireplace)
|-
|-
| Biographie
|Freibauer
| biography
|free farmer with only small rent payments
|-
|-
| Bischof
|Freigärtner
| bishop
|free farmer
|-
|-
| Bistum
|Fröhner
| diocese
|subject performing unpaid labor for the lord of the land (as part of the taxation system)
|-
|-
| Blattern
|Gärtner
| smallpox
|farmer
|-
|-
| blutend
|Ganzlechner, Ganzlehner
| bleeding
|farmer who leases a standard-sized farm
|-
|-
| Blütenmonat
|Gesinde
| May
|male or female hired help on a farm
|-
|-
| Blutsverwandschaft
|Häker, Häcker
| blood relationship
|small farmer (lower-class subject) who must perform unpaid labor for the landlord as part of his obligations
|-
|-
| Böhmen
|Halblechner, Halblehner
| Bohemia
|farmer who leases half of a standard-sized farm
|-
|-
| Bootsmann
|Heuerling
| bargeman, boatman
|day laborer
|-
|-
| Böttcher
|Hofer
| cooper, barrel maker
|farmer
|-
|-
| Brauer
|Hofgänger
| brewer
|farmhand
|-
|-
| Bräune
|Hofmann
| diptheria
|farmer
|-
|-
| Braut
|Hofstädtler
| bride
|farmer
|-
|-
| Bräutigam
|Hofwirth
| bridegroom
|farmer
|-
|-
| Brücke
|Hoppenplöcker
| bridge
|farmer who is obligated to do “hand service” (in Lippe)
|-
|-
| Bruder
|Hortulanus
| brother
|farmer (Latin)
|-
|-
| Bub
|Huber
| boy
|farmer
|-
|-
| Buch
|Hübler
| book
|farmer; expression comes from “Hube”
|-
|-
| Büdner
|Hüttler, Hitler
| cottager
|cottager
|-
|-
| Burg
|Inlieger
| castle, fortress
|tenant farmer
|-
|-
| Bürger
|Inste, Instmann
| burgher, citizen, citizens
|tenant farmer
|-
|-
| Bürgerbuch
|Interimswirt, Interimswirth
| citizen register
|farmer who marries into a farm by marrying the widow or heiress
|-
|-
| Bürgermeister
|Kätner, Käthner, Köthner
| mayor
|cottager with a small house and a garden of his own, perhaps some livestock
|-
|-
| Büttner
|Kampheuerling
| barrel maker
|tenant of a farm belonging to nobility
|}
 
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==== C  ====
 
{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''
| '''English'''
|-
|-
| ca. = circa
|Kirchdotale
| about
|farmer who leases church-income property
|-
|-
| Chirug
|Kitzmann
| surgeon
|rents from a farmer
|-
|-
| Christmonat
|Knecht
| December
|farmhand
|-
|-
| Colonist
|Kölmer
| settler, tenant farmer
|farmer who is "half free"
|-
|-
| Comparent
|Köter, Kötter
| informant
|cottager
|-
|-
| copulieren
|Kolon
| to marry
|farmer on a farm with hereditary tithe
|-
|-
| Cossate, Cossathe
|Kolonist
| cottager
|new settler in the area; most, but not all, were farmers
|-
|-
| cribrarius
|Kolupner
| sieve maker (Latin)
|cottager; see Chal(l)upner
|}
 
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==== D  ====
 
{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''
|Kossate, Kossäth
| '''English'''
|cottager
|-
|-
| d. = der, dem, des, die, das
|Kotsass, Kotasse
| the
|cottager
|-
|-
| D. = Dorf
|Landmann
| village
|farmer
|-
|-
| das. = daselbst
|Lehner
| residing in this place, there, the previously mentioned place
|farmer who leases a farm
|-
|-
| Dachdecker
|Magd
| roofer
|female helper on a farm
|-
|-
| dänisch
|Meyer
| Danish
|farmer, farm overseer, manager
|-
|-
| das
|Ochsner
| the
|poorer farmer who used oxen
|-
|-
| daselbst
|Ökonom
| residing in this place, there, the previously mentioned place
|farmer
|-
|-
| Datum
|Pachtbauer
| date
|farmer who leases his land (often an inheritable lease)
|-
|-
| Dekanat
|Päger
| deanery
|farmer who ploughs with horses
|-
|-
| dem, den
|Pfarrdotale
| the
|farmer who leases church-income property
|-
|-
| der
|Robotgärtner
| the, of the
|unfree farmer/farm laborer
|-
|-
| derselbe
|Rössner
| the same
|farmer who ploughed with horses
|-
|-
| des
|Scharknecht
| of the
|farmhand
|-
|-
| deutsch
|Söldner
| German
|farmer who farmed on a small section of land called a “Sölde”; or a mercenary soldier
|-
|-
| Deutschland
|Strassenkötter
| Germany
|cottager living by a road
|-
|-
| Dezember
|Tagelöhner
| December
|day laborer
|-
|-
| die
|Tagner
| the
|day laborer
|-
|-
| Diener
|Tauner, Thauner
| servant
|day laborer
|-
|-
| Dienst
|Viertelbauer
| service, employment
|farmer on 1/4 farm
|-
|-
| Dienstag
|Viertelhufner, Viertelhüfner
| Tuesday
|farmer on 1/4 farm
|-
|-
| Dienstmagd
|Viertellehner
| servant girl
|farmer who leases a quarter of a standard-sized farm
|-
|-
| dieser
|Vollbauer
| this, these
|farmer on a full-sized farm
|-
|-
| Distrikt
|Voll-lehner, Volllehner
| district
|farmer who leases a full farm
|-
|-
| Domäne
|Vollmaier
| domain
|farmer on a full-sized farm
|-
|-
| Donnerstag
|Vollspänner
| Thursday
|farmer on a full-sized farm
|-
|-
| Dorf
|Weingärtner
| village
|wine grower
|-
|-
| dort
|Weingartknecht
| there
|farmhand in a vineyard
|-
|-
| drei
|Weinzettel
| three
|farmhand in a vineyard
|-
|-
| dreißig
|Widumer
| thirty
|farmer settled on church property
|-
|-
| dreißigste
|Winzer
| thirtieth
|wine grower
|-
|-
| dreiundzwanzigste
|Wirt, Wirth
| twenty-third
|farmer
|-
|-
| dreizehn
|Zettelmann
| thirteen
|farmhand
|-
|-
| dreizehnte
|Zweispänner
| thirteenth
|farmer who owns two draft animals
|-
| dritte
| third
|-
| Duplikat
| duplicate record
|-
| durch
| through
|-
| Durchfall
| diarrhea
|}
|}


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==General Word List==
 
Note: In German, letters with diacritical marks are alphabetized as if they did not have a diacritical mark. In some other languages, they are alphabetized separately.


==== E  ====
===A===


{| width="100%" border="1"
{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''  
| width="25%" |'''German'''
| '''English'''
|'''English'''
|-
|-
| E. = Einwohner
|A. = Amt, Amtsbezirk
| residents, population
|government office, official district
|-
|-
| Eis. = Eisenbahn
|Ab., Abe. = Abbaue(e), Ausbau(e)
| railroad, train
|surface mine(s)
|-
|-
| Ev., ev. = Evangelische, evangelisch
|(haben) abgebeten, abgebethen
| Evangelical (Lutheran)
|(have) performed penance, apologized, asked for pardon
|-
|-
| ebenda
|Abt. = Abteilung
| at the same place
|department
|-
|-
| Ehe
|a/d = an der, auf der
| marriage
|on the, by the (followed by the name of a river or other geographical feature)
|-
|-
| Ehebrecher
|A.G. = Amtsgericht
| adulterer
|lower court district, county court district
|-
|-
| Ehebruch
|Anh. = Anhalt
| adultery
|duchy of Anhalt
|-
|-
| Ehefrau
|ab
| wife, housewife
|from, since
|-
|-
| Ehehindernis
|Abbauer
| hinderance to marriage
|tenant on a (new, split-off) farm; heir with a small part of a farm (usually a second son)
|-
|-
| ehel. = ehelich
|Abdecker
| legitimate
|skinner
|-
|-
| eheleiblich
|Abend
| legitimate
|evening
|-
|-
| Eheleute
|Abendmahlgast
| married couple
|communicant
|-
|-
| ehelich
|abends
| legitimate
|in the evening
|-
|-
| ehemals
|Abenteurer
| formerly
|jeweler, jewel trader; adventurer
|-
|-
| Ehemann
|aber
| husband
|but
|-
|-
| Ehepaar
|abgestorben
| married couple
|deceased
|-
|-
| Ehescheidung
|Ablader
| divorce
|longshoreman
|-
|-
| Eheschließung
|Abnahmemann
| marriage
|retired farmer on life estate
|-
|-
| Ehestand
|Abnehmer
| married state
|photographer
|-
|-
| Eheverkündigungen
|Abschiedsmann
| marriage banns
|man retired on life estate
|-
|-
| Eheversprechen, Eheverspruch
|absterben
| betrothal, engagement
|to die, to die off
|-
|-
| Eidam (Eidmann)
|Abstreifer
| son-in-law
|renderer; flayer
|-
|-
| Eigentümer
|Abzehrung
| proprietor, property owner
|emaciation, wasting
|-
|-
| ein, eine
|acht
| a, one, an
|eight
|-
|-
| Einbürgerung
|achte
| naturalization
|eighth
|-
|-
| Einlieger
|Achter
| landless farm laborer
|juryman
|-
|-
| eins
|achtundzwanzigste
| one
|twenty-eighth
|-
|-
| Einsender
|achtzehn
| informant, declarant
|eighteen
|-
|-
| eintausendachthundert
|achtzehnhundert
| eighteen hundred
|eighteen hundred
|-
|-
| eintausendfünfhundert
|achtzehnte
| fifteen hundred
|eighteenth
|-
|-
| eintausendneunhundert
|achtzig
| nineteen hundred
|eighty
|-
|-
| eintausendsechshundert
|achtzigste
| sixteen hundred
|eightieth
|-
|-
| eintausendsiebenhundert
|Ackermann
| seventeen hundred
|farmer
|-
|-
| einunddreissig
|Adel
| thirty-one
|gentry, nobleman
|-
|-
| einunddreissigste
|a.D. = außer Dienst
| thirty-first
|formerly employed, retired
|-
|-
| einundzwanzigste
|adoptiert
| twenty-first
|adopted
|-
|-
| Einwanderer
|Ahnen
| immigrant
|ancestors
|-
|-
| Einwanderung
|Ahnentafel
| immigration
|pedigree chart
|-
|-
| Einwilligung
|Akten
| permission
|documents
|-
|-
| Einwohner
|alle
| inhabitant
|all
|-
|-
| einzige
|allhier
| only
|in this place
|-
|-
| Eisenbahn
|alt
| railroad
|old
|-
|-
| Eiterbeule
|Altbürger
| abscess
|full citizen
|-
|-
| elf
|Alter
| eleven
|age
|-
|-
| elfte
|Altersschwäche
| eleventh
|weakness of old age
|-
|-
| Eltern
|ältest
| parents
|eldest
|-
|-
| Enkel
|alt-katholisch
| grandson
|old Catholic
|-
|-
| Enkelin
|Amman
| granddaughter
|bailiff, magistrate
|-
|-
| Enkelkind
|Amt
| grandchild
|office, district
|-
|-
| eod(em)
|Anbauer
| the same, ditto
|peasant
|-
|-
| Epilepsie
|andere
| epilepsy
|other, next
|-
|-
| er
|Angeber
| he
|informant
|-
|-
| Erben
|angeblich
| heirs
|alleged, assumed
|-
|-
| Erbschaft
|angeheiratet
| inheritance
|related by marriage (stepson, stepdaughter)
|-
|-
| erhalten
|Anhalt
| received, receive
|duchy of Anhalt
|-
|-
| erklärt
|Anmerkungen
| declared
|remarks
|-
|-
| Erlassung
|Ansiedler
| dispensation, permission
|settler
|-
|-
| Ermächtigung
|Anspänner
| authorization
|farmer
|-
|-
| Ernting
|Anzeigender
| August
|informant
|-
|-
| errechnet
|apostolisch
| approximated, calculated
|Apostolic
|-
|-
| erschien
|April
| appeared
|April
|-
|-
| erste
|Arbeiter, Arbeitsmann
| first
|laborer, worker
|-
|-
| erstgeboren
|Arbeitsbuch
| firstborn
|employment record book
|-
|-
| ertrank, ertrunken
|Archiv
| drowned
|archive
|-
|-
| erzeugen
|arm
| beget
|poor
|-
|-
| erzeugt
|Armut
| begat
|poverty
|-
|-
| es
|Arzt
| it
|physician
|-
|-
| et uxor
|auch
| and wife (Latin)
|also, too
|-
|-
| evangelisch
|auf
| evangelical
|on, upon, at
|}
 
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==== F  ====
 
{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''
|aufbieten
| '''English'''
|post banns
|-
|-
| Fabrikant
|Aufenthaltserlaubnis
| manufacturer
|residence permit
|-
|-
| Familie
|Aufenthaltsort
| family
|residence
|-
|-
| Familienbuch
|Aufgebot
| family register
|publication of banns
|-
|-
| Familienforschung
|Aufnahmebuch
| genealogical research
|book listing debts
|-
|-
| Familienregister
|Aufnahmeland
| family register
|country to which one immigrated
|-
|-
| Färber
|August
| dyer
|August
|-
|-
| Faßbinder
|aus
| cooper, barrel maker
|from, out of
|-
|-
| Fäule
|außen
| cancer
|outside
|-
|-
| Fayencenhändler
|äußere
| porcelain merchant
|outside, outward, external
|-
|-
| Februar
|außerehelich
| February
|illegitimate
|-
|-
| Fehlgeburt
|Auswanderer
| miscarriage
|emigrant
|-
|-
| Festtag
|Auswanderung
| feast day, festival day, holy day
|emigration
|-
|-
| Festung
|Ausweis
| fortress
|identification document
|-
|-
| Fieber
|Auszehrung
| fever
|consumption or emaciation (especially from TB)
|-
|-
| Findling
|Auszug
| foundling
|extract
|}
 
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===B===
 
{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
|-
| Firmung
| width="25%" |'''German'''
| confirmation
|'''English'''
|-
|-
| Fischer
|B. = Bezirk
| fisher
|district or area
|-
|-
| Fl. = Florin
|BA. = Bezirksamt
| standard monetary unit
|district office
|-
|-
| Flecken
|Bay. = Bayern
| hamlet, also measles or spots
|Bavaria
|-
|-
| Fleckfieber
|Bd. = Band
| spotted fever, typhus
|volume
|-
|-
| Fleischer
|Bhf. = Bahnhof
| butcher
|railroad station
|-
|-
| Fleischhauer
|Bkdo. = Bezirkskommando
| butcher
|military district command
|-
|-
| Flüchtling
|bz. = beziehungsweise
| refugee, deserter
|or, respectively
|-
|-
| Fluß
|Bäcker
| river
|baker
|-
|-
| folgende
|Bad
| following, next
|spa, resort
|-
|-
| Forst
|Badeort
| forest
|spa, health resort
|-
|-
| Förster
|Bader
| forester
|physician of the lower classes
|-
|-
| Fourier
|Band
| quartermaster
|volume
|-
|-
| Fraisen
|Baptist
| convulsions, epilepsy, seizures, spasms
|Baptist
|-
|-
| Frankreich
|Baron
| France
|baron
|-
|-
| Frau
|Bauer
| Mrs., wife, woman
|farmer, peasant
|-
|-
| Fräulein
|Bayern
| Miss, unmarried woman
|Bavaria
|-
|-
| Freibauer
|Beamter
| farmer who owns his own land
|official, registrar
|-
|-
| Freiherr
|Beck(er)
| baron
|baker
|-
|-
| Freitag
|beerdigt
| Friday
|buried
|-
|-
| fremd
|Beerdigung
| foreign, strange
|burial, interment
|-
|-
| Freund
|beglaubigt
| friend
|certified, attested
|-
|-
| Friedhof
|begraben
| cemetery
|buried
|-
|-
| früh
|Begräbnis
| early (a.m.)
|burial
|-
|-
| früher
|bei
| former, formerly
|at, in, by
|-
|-
| fünf
| five
|-
|-
| fifth
|Beichte
|confession
|-
|-
| fünfundzwanzigste
|beide
| twenty-fifth
|both
|-
|-
| fünfzehn
|Beilage
| fifteen
|supplement
|-
|-
| fünfzehnhundert
|Bekannte(r)
| fifteen hundred
|acquaintance
|-
|-
| fünfzehnte
|Bekehrung
| fifteenth
|conversion
|-
|-
| fünfzig
|Beklagter(in)
| fifty
|defendant
|-
|-
| fünfzigste
|Belege
| fiftieth
|proof, documentation
|-
|-
| für
|Bemerkungen
| for
|remarks
|-
|-
| Fürst
|Berg
| prince, count
|hill, mountain
|-
|-
| Fürstentum
|Bergmann
| principality
|miner
|}
 
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==== G  ====
 
{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''
|Beruf
| '''English'''
|occupation, profession
|-
|-
| G. = Gericht
|Beschreibung
| court
|description
|-
|-
| geb. = geboren
|Besitzer
| born, maiden name
|possessor, proprietor, owner
|-
|-
| Gem. = Gemeinde
|Bestandmüller
| community, municipality, parish, town
|mill tenant
|-
|-
| gest. = gestorben
|bestätigt
| died
|confirmed, verified
|-
|-
| get. = getauft
|bestattet
| baptized, christened
|buried
|-
|-
| Gr. = Groß
|bettlägerig
| Great (part of place name)
|bedridden
|-
|-
| Gärtner
|Bettler
| gardener
|beggar
|-
|-
| Gastwirt
|Bevölkerungsregister
| innkeeper
|population register
|-
|-
| Gatte
|bevorstehend
| husband
|previously mentioned
|-
|-
| Gattin
|Bezirk
| wife
|district
|-
|-
| geben, gab
|Biographie
| given, gave
|biography
|-
|-
| Gebiet
|Bischof
| region, area, zone
|bishop
|-
|-
| geboren
|Bistum
| born, maiden name
|diocese
|-
|-
| Gebühren
|Blattern
| fees
|smallpox
|-
|-
| Geburt
|blutend
| birth
|bleeding
|-
|-
| Geburtsort
|Blütenmonat
| place of birth
|May
|-
|-
| Geburtsschein
|Blutsverwandschaft
| birth certificate
|blood relationship
|-
|-
| Geburtsurkunde
|Böhmen
| birth certificate
|Bohemia
|-
|-
| gegen
|Bootsmann
| against, towards
|bargeman, boatman
|-
|-
| geheiratet
|Böttcher
| married
|cooper, barrel maker
|-
|-
| gehört
|Brauer
| belongs (to)
|brewer
|-
|-
| Geistliche(r)
|Bräune
| clergyman
|diphtheria
|-
|-
| Gelbsucht
|Braut
| jaundice
|bride
|-
|-
| Geld
|Bräutigam
| money
|bridegroom
|-
|-
| Gemahl(in)
|Brücke
| spouse, husband, wife
|bridge
|-
|-
| Gemeinde
|Bruder
| community, municipality, parish, town
|brother
|-
|-
| Gemeindemann
|Bub
| village official, village resident
|boy
|-
|-
| Gemeindsmann
|Buch
| citizen with full rights
|book
|-
|-
| gemelli
|Büdner
| twins
|cottager
|-
|-
| genannt
|Burg
| named, alias, called
|castle, fortress
|-
|-
| Genealogie
|Bürger
| genealogy
|burgher, citizen, citizens
|-
|-
| Gerber
|Bürgerbuch
| tanner
|citizen register
|-
|-
| Gericht
|Bürgermeister
| court
|mayor
|-
|-
| Gerichtsmann
|Büroangestellte
| juryman
|office worker, clerk, white-collar worker
|-
|-
| Gerichtsschreiber
|Bursch, Pursch
| court clerk
|young man
|-
|-
| Gerichtsverwandter
|Büttner
| member of the judicial court
|barrel maker
|}
 
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===C===
 
{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
|-
| gesagt
| width="25%" |'''German'''
| said, stated
|'''English'''
|-
|-
| Geschichte
|ca. = circa
| history
|about
|-
|-
| geschieden
|Chirug
| divorced
|surgeon
|-
|-
| Geschlecht
|Christmonat
| gender, sex, lineage
|December
|-
|-
| Geschlechterbücher
|Colonist
| lineage books
|settler, tenant farmer
|-
|-
| Geschlechtsname
|Comparent
| surname
|informant
|-
|-
| Geschwister
|copulieren
| siblings, brothers and sisters
|to marry
|-
|-
| Geschwulst
|Cossate, Cossathe
| swelling, tumor
|cottager
|-
|-
| Geselle
|cribrarius
| journeyman
|sieve maker (Latin)
|}
 
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===D===
 
{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
| width="25%" |'''German'''
|'''English'''
|-
|d. = der, dem, des, die, das
|the
|-
|-
| Gesellschaft
|D. = Dorf
| society, group
|village
|-
|-
| Gesetz
|das. = daselbst
| law
|residing in this place, there, the previously mentioned place
|-
|-
| gesetzlich
|Dachdecker
| legal
|roofer
|-
|-
| gestern
|dahier
| yesterday
|here
|-
|-
| gestorben
|dänisch
| died
|Danish
|-
|-
| Getaufte
|das
| person who was baptized
|the
|-
|-
| getr. = getraut
|daselbst
| married
|residing in this place, there, the previously mentioned place
|-
|-
| Getraute
|Datum
| married couple
|date
|-
|-
| Gevatter
|Dekanat
| godfather
|deanery
|-
|-
| Gewerbe
|dem, den
| trade, occupation
|the
|-
|-
| Gicht
|der
| gout, arthritis
|the, of the
|-
|-
| Gilde
|derselbe
| guild
|the same
|-
|-
| Glaube
|des
| belief, faith
|of the
|-
|-
| Glauben
|deutsch
| religious affiliation
|German
|-
|-
| gleich
|Deutschland
| same, alike, similar, right away
|Germany
|-
|-
| Graf
|Dezember
| count (nobleman), earl
|December
|-
|-
| Grafschaft
|die
| county
|the
|-
|-
| Grenze
|Diener
| border
|servant
|-
|-
| groß
|Dienst
| big, great, large
|service, employment
|-
|-
| Großeltern
|Dienstag
| grandparents
|Tuesday
|-
|-
| großjährig
|Dienstbotin
| of age
|servant (girl)
|-
|-
| Großmutter
|Dienstmagd
| grandmother
|servant girl
|-
|-
| Großneffe
|dieser
| great-nephew
|this, these
|-
|-
| Großnichte
|dimittiert, dimittirt
| great-niece
|dismissed (in order to be married in another parish)
|-
|-
| Großvater
|Dispensation(en)
| grandfather
|dispensation(s), special permission
|-
|-
| Grundbuch
|Distrikt
| land register
|district
|-
|-
| Gulden
|Domäne
| standard monetary unit, florin
|domain
|-
|-
| Gürtler
|Dominikalist
| maker of straps and belts
|a list pertaining to the manor or estate; feudal Familiant
|-
|-
| Gut
|Donnerstag
| property, estate
|Thursday
|-
|-
| gut
|Dorf
| good
|village
|}
|-
 
|dort
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|there
|-
|drei
|three
|-
|dreißig
|thirty
|-
|dreißigste
|thirtieth
|-
|dreiundzwanzigste
|twenty-third
|-
|dreizehn
|thirteen
|-
|dreizehnte
|thirteenth
|-
|dritte
|third
|-
|Duplikat
|duplicate record
|-
|durch
|through
|-
|Durchfall
|diarrhea
|}
 
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==== H  ====
===E===


{| width="100%" border="1"
{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''  
| width="25%" |'''German'''
| '''English'''
|'''English'''
|-
|E. = Einwohner
|residents, population
|-
|ehrngeachte
|honorable
|-
|-
| Hann. = Hannover
|einkindschaften
| Hannover
|to officially accept/recognize a stepchild as one's own, to legally inherit along with any biological children
|-
|-
| Herrsch. = Herrschaft
|Eis. = Eisenbahn
| manor, estate, domain
|railroad, train
|-
|-
| Hessen-N. = Hessen-Nassau
|Ev., ev. = Evangelische, evangelisch
| Prussian province
|Evangelical (Lutheran)
|-
|-
| hzl. = herzoglich
|ebenda
| of the duke
|at the same place
|-
|-
| Hzt. = Herzogtum
|Ehe
| duchy
|marriage
|-
|-
| haben
|Ehebrecher
| to have
|adulterer
|-
|-
| halb
|Ehebruch
| half
|adultery
|-
|-
| halb drei
|Ehefrau
| half three = 2:30 (time)
|wife, housewife
|-
|-
| halb eins
|Ehehindernis
| half one = 12:30 (time)
|hinderance to marriage
|-
|-
| halb zwei
|ehel. = ehelich
| half two = 1:30 (time)
|legitimate
|-
|-
| Halbbauer
|eheleiblich
| small farmer
|legitimate
|-
|-
| Halbmeier
|Eheleute
| small farmer
|married couple
|-
|-
| Händler
|ehelich
| trader, merchant, peddler
|legitimate
|-
|-
| Hartung
|ehemals
| January
|formerly
|-
|-
| Haupt-
|Ehemann
| chief, main
|husband
|-
|-
| Haus
|Ehepaar
| house
|married couple
|-
|-
| Hausfrau
|Ehescheidung
| housewife
|divorce
|-
|-
| Häusler
|Eheschließung
| cottager
|marriage
|-
|-
| Hausmädchen
|Ehestand
| housemaid
|married state
|-
|-
| Hebamme
|Eheverkündigungen
| midwife
|marriage banns
|-
|-
| Heilquelle
|Eheversprechen, Eheverspruch
| spa, bath
|betrothal, engagement
|-
|-
| Heimat
|Eidam (Eidmann)
| home, native place, homeland
|son-in-law
|-
|-
| Heimatschein
|Eigentümer
| domicile or residency certificate
|proprietor, property owner
|-
|-
| Heimatsort
|ein, eine
| place of birth, home town
|a, one, an
|-
|-
| Heirat
|Einbürgerung
| marriage
|naturalization
|-
|-
| heiraten
|Einhäusling, Gesinde, Taglöhner
| to marry
|day laborer
|-
|-
| Heiratsantrag
|Einlieger
| marriage intentions
|landless farm laborer
|-
|-
| Heiratsbelege
|eins
| marriage supplements
|one
|-
|-
| Heiratskontrakt
|Einsender
| marriage contracts
|informant, declarant
|-
|-
| Heiratsprotokolle
|eintausendachthundert
| marriage records
|eighteen hundred
|-
|-
| Heiratsschein
|eintausendfünfhundert
| marriage certificate
|fifteen hundred
|-
|-
| heißt
|eintausendneunhundert
| is named
|nineteen hundred
|-
|-
| Hektar
|eintausendsechshundert
| hectare (10,000 square meters or 2.47 U.S. acres)
|sixteen hundred
|-
|-
| Heraldik
|eintausendsiebenhundert
| heraldry
|seventeen hundred
|-
|-
| Herkunftsort
|einunddreissig
| place of origin
|thirty-one
|-
|-
| Herr
|einunddreissigste
| Mister, Lord, lord
|thirty-first
|-
|-
| Herrschaft
|einundzwanzigste
| estate, dominion
|twenty-first
|-
|-
| Herzog
|Einwanderer
| duke
|immigrant
|-
|-
| Herzogtum
|Einwanderung
| duchy
|immigration
|-
|-
| Hessische
|einwilligend
| Hessian
|consenting, in agreement with, approving of
|-
|-
| Heuerling
|Einwilligung
| dayworker, hireling
|permission
|-
|-
| Heuert, Heumonat
|Einwohner
| July
|inhabitant
|-
|-
| heute
|einzige
| today
|only
|-
|-
| hier
|Eisenbahn
| here
|railroad
|-
|-
| hiesiger Ort
|Eiterbeule
| this place
|abscess
|-
|-
| Hinterbliebene
|elf
| survivors
|eleven
|-
|-
| hinterlassen
|elfte
| surviving, left behind
|eleventh
|-
|-
| Hirt
|Eltern
| herdsman
|parents
|-
|-
| hitziges Fieber
|Enkel
| burning fever, high fever
|grandson
|-
|-
| hoch
|Enkelin
| high
|granddaughter
|-
|-
| Hochzeit
|Enkelkind
| wedding
|grandchild
|-
|-
| Hof
|eod(em)
| courtyard, farm, yard, estate
|the same, ditto
|-
|-
| Hofprediger
|Epilepsie
| chaplain
|epilepsy
|-
|-
| Holländer
|er
| Dutchman, dairykeeper
|he
|-
|-
| Hornung
|Erben
| February
|heirs
|-
|-
| Hüfner
|Erbschaft
| farmer
|inheritance
|-
|-
| Hufschmied
|erhalten
| blacksmith
|received, receive
|-
|-
| Hügel
|erklärt
| hill
|declared
|-
|-
| hundert
|Erlassung
| hundred
|dispensation, permission
|-
|-
| Hurenkind
|Ermächtigung
| illegitimate child
|authorization
|-
|-
| Husten
|Ernting
| cough
|August
|}
|-
 
|errechnet
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|approximated, calculated
 
==== I  ====
 
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|-
|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''
|erschien
| '''English'''
|appeared
|-
|-
| ihr, ihr-
|erste
| their, her
|first
|-
|-
| im
|erstgeboren
| in the
|firstborn
|-
|-
| immer
|Erstkommunikant
| always
|someone receiving First Communion for the first time
|-
|-
| in
|ertrank, ertrunken
| in, at
|drowned
|-
|-
| Inhalt
|erzeugen
| content(s)
|beget
|-
|-
| innerhalb
|erzeugt
| inside of
|begat
|-
|-
| Innung
|es
| guild
|it
|-
|-
| Instmann
|et uxor
| tenant farmer
|and wife (Latin)
|-
|-
| ist
|evangelisch
| is
|evangelical
|}
|}


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==== J  ====
===F===


{| width="100%" border="1"
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|-
|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''  
| width="25%" |'''German'''
| '''English'''
|'''English'''
|-
|-
| Jäger
|Fabrikant
| hunter, rifleman in the military
|manufacturer
|-
|-
| Jahr
|Fabrikarbeiter
| year
|factory worker
|-
|-
| Jahrestag
|Fallkind
| anniversary
|illegitimate childen
|-
|-
| Jahreszeit
|Familiant
| season
|entailed renter of a house (inheriting cottagers) or head of the family (Jewish)
|-
|-
| Jahrhundert
|Familie
| century
|family
|-
|-
| jährlich
|Familienbuch
| annual, yearly
|family register
|-
|-
| Jahrzehnt
|Familienforschung
| decade
|genealogical research
|-
|-
| Jänner
|Familienregister
| January
|family register
|-
|-
| Januar
|Färber
| January
|dyer
|-
|-
| jeder (jede, jedes)
|Faßbinder
| each, every
|cooper, barrel maker
|-
|-
| Jgfr. = Jungfrau, Jungfer
|Fäule
| maiden, virgin, unmarried woman
|cancer
|-
|-
| jüdisch
|Fayencenhändler
| Jewish
|porcelain merchant
|-
|-
| Jugend
|Februar
| youth, adolescence
|February
|-
|-
| Juli
|Fehlgeburt
| July
|miscarriage
|-
|-
| Julmonat
|Festtag
| December
|feast day, festival day, holy day
|-
|-
| jung
|Festung
| young
|fortress
|-
|-
| Junge
|Fieber
| a youth (male)
|fever
|-
|-
| Jungfrau, Jungfer
|Findling
| maiden, virgin, unmarried woman
|foundling
|-
|-
| Junggeselle
|Firmung
| bachelor
|confirmation
|-
|-
| Jüngling
|Fischer
| bachelor, young man
|fisher
|-
|-
| Juni
|Fl. = Florin
| June
|standard monetary unit
|}
|-
 
|Flecken
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|hamlet, also measles or spots
 
|-
==== K  ====
|Fleckfieber
 
|spotted fever, typhus
{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
|Fleischer
|butcher
|-
|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''
|Fleischhauer
| '''English'''
|butcher
|-
|-
| K.K. = kaiserlich königlich
|Flüchtling
| royal imperial
|refugee, deserter
|-
|-
| Kaluppe, Kaluppner<br>Bohemian and Polish: Chalupa<br>Polish: chalupnik
|Fluß
| A dilapidated house. By extension, a resident of such a house.
|river
|-
|-
| Kammerfrau
|folgende
| lady-in-waiting
|following, next
|-
|-
| Kantor
|Forst
| choirmaster, organist
|forest
|-
|-
| Karpe
|Förster
| carpenter
|forester
|-
|-
| Karte
|Fourier
| map
|quartermaster
|-
|-
| Karrer
|Fraisen
| carter
|convulsions, epilepsy, seizures, spasms
|-
|-
| Kartei
|Frankreich
| card index
|France
|-
|-
| Käthner, Kätner
|Frau
| cottager
|Mrs., wife, woman
|-
|-
| katholisch
|Fräulein
| Catholic
|Miss, unmarried woman
|-
|-
| kaufen
|Freibauer
| to buy
|farmer who owns his own land
|-
|-
| Kaufmann
|Freiherr
| merchant
|baron
|-
|-
| kein
|Freitag
| no, not any, none
|Friday
|-
|-
| Keller
|fremd
| wine steward; cellar, basement
|foreign, strange
|-
|-
| Kellner
|Freund
| waiter, receiver of revenues; steward
|friend
|-
|-
| Kessler
|Friedhof
| kettlemaker
|cemetery
|-
|-
| Keuchhusten
|Friesel
| whooping cough
|prickly heat, heat rash, miliaria
|-
|-
| Kiefer
|Friseur
| cooper, barrel maker
|hairdresser
|-
|-
| Kind
|früh
| baby
|early (a.m.)
|-
|-
| Kindbettfieber
|früher
| childbed fever
|former, formerly
|-
|-
| Kinder
|Frühgeburt
| children
|premature birth
|-
|-
| Kirche
|Frühkind
| church
|child born too soon after its parents married
|-
|-
| Kirchenältester
|fünf
| churchwarden, church elder, vestryman
|five
|-
|-
| Kirchenbuch
|Fuhrmann
| parish register
|wagoner
|-
|-
| Kirchengemeinde
|fünfte
| parish
|fifth
|-
|-
| Kirchenpfleger
|fünfundzwanzigste
| churchwarden
|twenty-fifth
|-
|-
| Kirchenrodel
|fünfzehn
| parish register
|fifteen
|-
|-
| Kirchensprengel
|fünfzehnhundert
| parish
|fifteen hundred
|-
|-
| Kirchenvorsteher
|fünfzehnte
| churchwarden
|fifteenth
|-
|-
| kirchlich
|fünfzig
| pertaining to church
|fifty
|-
|-
| Kirchrat
|fünfzigste
| member of a church council
|fiftieth
|-
|-
| Kirchspiel
|für
| parish
|for
|-
|-
| klein
|Fürst
| little
|prince, count
|-
|-
| Knabe
|Fürstentum
| boy
|principality
|}
 
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===G===
 
{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
|-
| Knecht
| width="25%" |'''German'''
| servant
|'''English'''
|-
|-
| Kolonist
|G. = Gericht
| settler, colonist, farmer
|court
|-
|-
| Kommunikant
|geb. = geboren
| communicant
|born, maiden name
|-
|-
| Kommunion
|Gem. = Gemeinde
| communion
|community, municipality, parish, town
|-
|-
| Konfirmation
|gest. = gestorben
| confirmation
|died
|-
|-
| König
|get. = getauft
| king
|baptized, christened
|-
|-
| königlich
|gez. = gezeichnet
| royal
|signed
|-
|-
| Königreich
|Gr. = Groß
| kingdom
|Great (part of place name)
|-
|-
| Kopulation
|Gärtner
| marriage
|gardener
|-
|-
| kopulieren
|Gastwirt
| to marry
|innkeeper
|-
|-
| Kossat, Kossät, Kossath
|Gatte
| cottager
|husband
|-
|-
| Kossattin
|Gattin
| female cottager
|wife
|-
|-
| Kötter, Kötner
|geben, gab
| small farmer, cottager
|given, gave
|-
|-
| Krämer
|Gebiet
| grocer, small retailer
|region, area, zone
|-
|-
| Krämpfe
|geboren
| cramps,, convulsions
|born, maiden name
|-
|-
| Krankheit
|Gebühren
| disease, sickness
|fees
|-
|-
| Krebs
|Geburt
| cancer
|birth
|-
|-
| Kreis
|Geburtsort
| county
|place of birth
|-
|-
| Krieg
|Geburtsschein
| war
|birth certificate
|-
|-
| Kröger, Krogmann
|Geburtsurkunde
| innkeeper
|birth certificate
|-
|-
| Küfer
|gegen
| cooper, barrel maker
|against, towards
|-
|-
| Kuhhirte
|(im) Gegenwart (der)
| cowherd
|(in the) presence (of)
|-
|-
| Kupferschmied
|gegenwärtig
| coppersmith
|currently
|-
|-
| Kurort
|geheiratet
| spa
|married
|-
|-
| Kusine
|gehört
| female cousin
|belongs (to)
|-
|-
| Kutscher
|Geistliche(r)
| coachman
|clergyman
|}
 
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==== L  ====
 
{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''
|Gelbsucht
| '''English'''
|jaundice
|-
|-
| Land
|Geld
| land, country
|money
|-
|-
| Landarbeiter
|Gemahl(in)
| farmhand
|spouse, husband, wife
|-
|-
| Landkarte
|Gemeinde
| map
|community, municipality, parish, town
|-
|-
| Landwirt
|Gemeindemann
| farmer
|village official, village resident
|-
|-
| lassen
|Gemeindsmann
| to let, leave, allow
|citizen with full rights
|-
|-
| lebendig
|gemelli
| living
|twins
|-
|-
| ledig
|genannt
| single, unmarried
|named, alias, called
|-
|-
| legitimiert
|Genealogie
| made legitimate, legitimized
|genealogy
|-
|-
| Lehrer
|genesen
| teacher
|delivered (of a child)
|-
|-
| Lehrling
|Gerber
| apprentice
|tanner
|-
|-
| Leiche
|Gericht
| corpse, body
|court
|-
|-
| Leichenpredigt
|Gerichtsmann
| funeral sermon
|juryman
|-
|-
| Leinenweber
|Gerichtsschöffe
| linen weaver
|member of the court
|-
|-
| Lenz
|Gerichtsschöppe
| spring (season)
|member of the court
|-
|-
| letzte Ölung
|Gerichtsschreiber
| last rites, extreme unction
|court clerk
|-
|-
| letzte Salbung
|Gerichtsverwandter
| last rites, extreme unction
|member of the judicial court
|-
|-
| Letzter
|gesagt
| latter, last
|said, stated
|-
|-
| letzter Wille
|Geschichte
| last will
|history
|-
|-
| links
|geschieden
| left
|divorced
|-
|-
| Lungenentzündung
|Geschlecht
| pneumonia
|gender, sex, lineage
|-
|-
| Lungenschwindsucht
|Geschlechterbücher
| consumption, tuberculosis
|lineage books
|-
|-
| lutherisch
|Geschlechtsname
| Lutheran
|surname
|}
 
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==== M  ====
 
{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''
|Geschwister
| '''English'''
|siblings, brothers and sisters
|-
|-
| Mädchen
|Geschwisterkind
| girl
|sibling's child (nephew, niece)
|-
|-
| Mädel
|Geschwulst
| girl
|swelling, tumor
|-
|-
| Magd
|Geselle
| maiden, maid, servant girl
|journeyman
|-
|-
| Mägdlein
|Gesellschaft
| girl, little girl
|society, group
|-
|-
| Mai
|Gesetz
| May
|law
|-
|-
| Maler
|gesetzlich
| painter
|legal
|-
|-
| Mann
|gestern
| husband, man
|yesterday
|-
|-
| männlich
|gestorben
| male
|died
|-
|-
| Markt
|Getaufte
| market
|person who was baptized
|-
|-
| März
|getr. = getraut
| March
|married
|-
|-
| Masern
|Getraute
| measles
|married couple
|-
|-
| Matrikel
|Gevatter
| register
|godfather
|-
|-
| Maurer
|Gewerbe
| mason
|trade, occupation
|-
|-
| Meister, -meister
|gewerblos
| master
|without occupation
|-
|-
| Mennoniten
|Gicht
| Mennonites
|gout, arthritis
|-
|-
| Metzger
|Gilde
| butcher
|guild
|-
|-
| Militär
|Glaser
| military
|glazier
|-
|-
| minderjährig
|Glasermeister
| underaged, minor
|master glazier
|-
|-
| mit
|Glaube
| with, via, by
|belief, faith
|-
|-
| Mitglied
|Glauben
| member
|religious affiliation
|-
|-
| Mittag
|gleich
| midday
|same, alike, similar, right away
|-
|-
| mittags
|Gode
| at noon
|godmother
|-
|-
| Mitternacht
|Graf
| midnight
|count (nobleman), earl
|-
|-
| Mittwoch
|Grafschaft
| Wednesday
|county
|-
|-
| Monat
|Grenze
| month
|border
|-
|-
| Montag
|groß
| Monday
|big, great, large
|-
|-
| Morgen
|Großeltern
| morning, tomorrow
|grandparents
|-
|-
| Morgen (morgen)
|großjährig
| measure of land, 0.6 to 0.9 acres
|of age
|-
|-
| morgens
|Großmutter
| in the morning
|grandmother
|-
|-
| Mühle
|Großneffe
| mill
|great-nephew
|-
|-
| mündlich
|Großnichte
| verbal, verbally
|great-niece
|-
|-
| Mutter
|Großvater
| Mother
|grandfather
|}
|-
|Grundbuch
|land register
|-
|Gulden
|standard monetary unit, florin
|-
|Gürtler
|maker of straps and belts
|-
|Gut
|property, estate
|-
|gut
|good
|-
|Gutsbesitzer
|Estate Owner
|-
|Gutsverwalter
|Estate Manager
|}


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==== N  ====
===H===


{| width="100%" border="1"
{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''  
| width="25%" |'''German'''
| '''English'''
|'''English'''
|-
|-
| N.N. = nomen nescio
|Handzeichen
| name not known
|sign, symbol, mark
|-
|-
| nach
|Hann. = Hannover
| to, after, according to
|Hanover
|-
|-
| Nachbar
|Herrsch. = Herrschaft
| neighbor
|manor, estate, domain
|-
|-
| Nachbarschaft
|herrschaftl. = herrschaftlich
| neighborhood
|(adj.) pertaining to the manor, estate, or domain (feudal Familiant)
|-
|-
| nachgelassen
|Hessen-N. = Hessen-Nassau
| surviving
|Prussian province of Hessen-Nassau
|-
|-
| Nachlaß
|hzl. = herzoglich
| estate, inheritance
|of the duke
|-
|-
| Nachmittag
|Hzt. = Herzogtum
| afternoon
|duchy
|-
|-
| nachmittags
|haben
| in the afternoon
|to have
|-
|-
| nächst(e)
|halb
| next
|half
|-
|-
| Nacht
|halb drei
| night
|half three = 2:30 (time)
|-
|-
| Näherin
|halb eins
| seamstress
|half one = 12:30 (time)
|-
|-
| Name
|halb zwei
| name
|half two = 1:30 (time)
|-
|-
| nat. = natus, nata
|Halbbauer
| born
|small farmer
|-
|-
| natus, nata
|Halbmeier
| born
|small farmer
|-
|-
| neben
|Halbzeugmacher
| next to
|semi-finished product maker
|-
|-
| Nebenfrau
|Hartung
| concubine
|January
|-
|-
| Neffe
|Händler
| nephew
|trader, merchant, peddler
|-
|-
| Nervenfieber
|Haupt-
| nervous fever
|chief, main
|-
|-
| neu
|Haus
| new
|house
|-
|-
| neun
|Hausfrau
| nine
|housewife
|-
|-
| neunte
|Häusler
| ninth
|cottager
|-
|-
| neunundzwanzigte
|Hausmädchen
| twenty-ninth
|housemaid
|-
|-
| neunzehn
|Hebamme
| nineteen
|midwife
|-
|-
| neunzehnhundert
|Heilquelle
| nineteen hundred
|spa, bath
|-
|-
| neunzehnte
|Heimat
| nineteenth
|home, native place, homeland
|-
|-
| neunzig
|Heimatschein, hmtsch
| ninety
|domicile or residency certificate
|-
|-
| neunzigste
|Heimatsort
| ninetieth
|place of birth, home town
|-
|-
| Nicht
|Heirat
| not
|marriage
|-
|-
| Nichte
|heiraten
| niece
|to marry
|-
|-
| nichts
|Heiratsantrag
| nothing
|marriage intentions
|-
|-
| nie
|Heiratsbelege
| never
|marriage supplements
|-
|-
| nieder
|Heiratskontrakt
| lower
|marriage contracts
|-
|-
| niederländisch
|Heiratsprotokolle
| Dutch, of the Netherlands
|marriage records
|-
|-
| noch
|Heiratsschein
| still
|marriage certificate
|-
|-
| noch lebende
|heißt
| still living
|is named
|-
|-
| noch nicht
|Hektar
| not yet
|hectare (10,000 square meters or 2.47 U.S. acres)
|-
|-
| Nord
|Helfer
| north
|a helper, but in East Prussia a worker in a malt brewery
|-
|-
| Notizen
|Heraldik
| notices, miscellaneous records
|heraldry
|-
|-
| Nottaufe
|Herkunftsort
| emergency baptism
|place of origin
|-
|-
| November
|Herr
| November
|Mister, Lord, lord
|-
|-
| Nummer
|Herrschaft
| number
|estate, dominion
|-
|-
| nur
|herrschaftlich
| only
|(adj.) pertaining to the manor, estate, or domain (feudal Familiant)
|}
|-
 
|Herzog
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|duke
 
|-
==== O  ====
|Herzogtum
 
|duchy
{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
|Hessische
|Hessian
|-
|Heuerling
|dayworker, hireling
|-
|Heuert, Heumonat
|July
|-
|heute
|today
|-
|hier
|here
|-
|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''
|hiesig, hiesige, hiesiger, hiesigen
| '''English'''
|local
|-
|-
| O.A. = Oberamt
|hiesiger Ort
| governing district office
|this place
|-
|-
| ober
|Hilfsbahnwärter
| upper, over
|railway linesman assistant, assistant signalman
|-
|-
| ober-, Ober-<br>(comb. form)
|Hinterbliebene
| chief, head; upper, over
|survivors
|-
|-
| Oberamt
|hinterlassen
| governing district office
|surviving, left behind
|-
|-
| oder
|Hirt
| or
|herdsman
|-
|-
| öffentlich bekanntmachen
|hitziges Fieber
| make known publicly
|burning fever, high fever
|-
|-
| oft
|hoch
| often
|high
|-
|-
| Oheim
|Hochzeit
| uncle
|wedding
|-
|-
| ohne
|Hof
| without
|courtyard, farm, yard, estate
|-
|-
| Oktober
|Hofprediger
| October
|chaplain
|-
|-
| Onkel
|Holländer
| uncle
|Dutchman, dairykeeper
|-
|-
| Ort
|Hollandgänger
| place, town
|seasonal migrant worker from Germany working in the Netherlands
|-
|-
| Ortslexikon
|Hornung
| gazetteer
|February
|-
|-
| Osten
|Hüfner
| east
|farmer
|-
|-
| Ostern
|Hufschmied
| Easter (could be March or April)
|farrier, blacksmith
|-
|-
| Ostermonat
|Hügel
| April
|hill
|-
|-
| Ostern
|hundert
| Easter
|hundred
|-
|-
| Österreich
|Hurenkind
| Austria
|illegitimate child
|-
|-
| österreichisch
|Husten
| Austrian
|cough
|}
|}


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==== P  ====
===I===


{| width="100%" border="1"
{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''  
| width="25%" |'''German'''
| '''English'''
|'''English'''
|-
|-
| Pächter
|ihr, ihr-
| leaseholder
|their, her
|-
|-
| Pate
|im
| godfather
|in the
|-
|-
| Paten
|im Leben
| godparents
|in life, while living
|-
|-
| Pest
|immer
| plague
|always
|-
|-
| Pfalz
|in
| Palatinate
|in, at
|-
|-
| Pfarramt
|Inhalt
| parish office
|content(s)
|-
|-
| Pfarrbuch
|innerhalb
| parish register
|inside of
|-
|-
| Pfarrei
|Innung
| parish
|guild
|-
|-
| Pfarrer
|Inspektor
| parish minister, pastor
|inspector
|-
|-
| Pfingsten
|Instmann
| Pentecost
|tenant farmer
|-
|-
| Pflegekind
|ist
| foster child
|is
|-
|-
| Pflegesohn
|itzo, itzt, itzund, jetzt, jetzo, jetzund
| foster son
|now
|-
|}
| Pflegetochter
| foster daughter
|-
| Platz
| place (location)
|-
| Pocken
| pox, smallpox
|-
| Polen
| Poland
|-
| polnisch
| Polish
|-
| Posamentierer
| A worker in the art of Posament. Posament is a technique where metal wires or threads are braided and knotted into ornaments and then sewn onto textiles. Braiding and knotting can be used together or separately.
|-
| preußisch
| Prussia
|-
| Priester
| priest
|-
| Prinz
| prince
|-
| Prinzessin
| princess
|-
| protestantisch
| Protestant
|-
| Provinz
| province
|-
| provinzial
| provincial
|}


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==== R  ====
===J===


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|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''  
| width="25%" |'''German'''
| '''English'''
|'''English'''
|-
|-
| Räbbe
|Jachtaufe (jach = jäh, plötzlich)
| rabies
|emergency baptism (jach = suddenly)
|-
|-
| Räcke
|Jäger
| stiffness of the limbs
|hunter, rifleman in the military
|-
|-
| Racker
|Jahr
| renderer
|year
|-
|-
| Rademacher, Radmacher
|Jahrestag
| wheelwright
|anniversary
|-
|-
| Radhauer
|Jahreszeit
| wheelwright
|season
|-
|-
| Rathaus
|Jahrhundert
| city hall
|century
|-
|-
| Ratsherr
|jährlich
| alderman
|annual, yearly
|-
|-
| Ratsmann
|Jahrzehnt
| councilman; town councilor
|decade
|-
|-
| Rechnung
|Jänner
| account; bill
|January
|-
|-
| rechtgläubig
|Januar
| orthodox
|January
|-
|-
| Rechsanwalt
|jeder (jede, jedes)
| lawyer
|each, every
|-
|-
| reformiert
|Jgfr. = Jungfrau, Jungfer
| reformed
|maiden, virgin, unmarried woman
|-
|-
| Regierungsbezirk
|Joe.
| administrative area (a political jurisdiction)
|Latin abbreviation for Joannem
|-
|-
| Register
|jüdisch
| register (a book or list)
|Jewish
|-
|-
| Reich
|Jugend
| empire; kingdom
|youth, adolescence
|-
|-
| Reifer
|Juli
| ropemaker; rope merchant
|July
|-
|-
| Reiter
|Julmonat
| rider; cavalryman
|December
|-
|-
| relicta
|jung
| widow
|young
|-
|-
| relictus
|Junge
| widower
|a youth (male)
|-
|-
| Religion
|Jungfrau, Jungfer
| religion
|maiden, virgin, unmarried woman
|-
|-
| ren. = renatus, renata
|Junggeselle
| baptized, christened
|bachelor
|-
|-
| Rentner
|Jüngling
| retired person
|bachelor, young man
|-
|-
| Rheuma
|jüngsthin
| rheumatism
|recently (such as the last/recently passed month)
|-
|-
| Richter
|Juni
| judge
|June
|-
|-
| Rodel
|Justmann
| register
|tenant farmer (East Prussian form of Instmann)
|-
| Röseler
| whitewasher
|-
| Rössler
| horseman; tanner
|-
| römisch katholisch
| Roman Catholic
|-
| Röt
| measles; bloody diarrhea
|-
| Rotgerber
| red tanner
|-
| Ruhestand
| retirement
|-
| Ruhr
| dysentery
|-
| russisch
| Russian
|-
| Rußland
| Russia
|}
|}


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==== S  ====
===K===


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|-
|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''  
| width="25%" |'''German'''
| '''English'''
|'''English'''
|-
|-
| S. = Seite
|K.K. = kaiserlich königlich
| page
|royal imperial
|-
|-
| s. = siehe
|Kaluppe, Kaluppner<br>Bohemian and Polish: Chalupa<br>Polish: chalupnik
| see the following reference
|A dilapidated house. By extension, a resident of such a house.
|-
|-
| Sachsen
|Kammerfrau
| Saxony
|lady-in-waiting
|-
|-
| Sackhuhn
|Kantor
| sailmaker
|choirmaster, organist
|-
|-
| Säger
|Karpe
| sawyer
|carpenter
|-
|-
| Salbung
|Karte
| anointing
|map
|-
|-
| Salzvogt
|Karrer
| salt works overseer
|carter
|-
|-
| Samstag
|Kartei
| Saturday
|card index
|-
|-
| Sarkhauer
|Kassierer
| stonemason
|cashier, collector
|-
|-
| Satertag
|Kathenmann, Katenmann
| Saturday
|cottager
|-
|-
| Sattler
|Käthner, Kätner
| saddler, leather worker
|cottager
|-
|-
| Schacherer
|katholisch
| peddler
|Catholic
|-
|-
| Schäfer
|kaufen
| shepherd
|to buy
|-
|-
| Schaffer
|Kaufmann
| worker; laborer; administrator
|merchant
|-
|-
| Schäf(f)ler
|kein
| cooper
|no, not any, none
|-
|-
| Schaffmann
|Keller
| worker
|wine steward; cellar, basement
|-
|-
| Schaffner
|Kellner
| conductor
|waiter, receiver of revenues; steward
|-
|-
| Schalck, Schall
|Kessler
| servant
|kettlemaker
|-
|-
| Scharlach, Scharlachfieber
|Keuchhusten
| scarlet fever
|whooping cough
|-
|-
| Scharnemann
|Kiefer
| merchant in a market
|cooper, barrel maker
|-
|-
| Scharrmacher
|Kind
| wagon builder
|baby
|-
|-
| Scharwerker
|Kindbetterin
| day laborer on a farm
|woman in or shortly after childbirth
|-
|-
| Schatter, Schattmann
|Kindbettfieber
| tax assessor
|childbed fever
|-
|-
| Schatzmann
|Kinder
| moneychanger; treasurer
|children
|-
|-
| Schatzmeister
|Kirche
| treasurer
|church
|-
|-
| Scheibenreisser
|Kirchenältester
| glazier
|churchwarden, church elder, vestryman
|-
|-
| Scheibler
|Kirchenbuch
| salt carrier
|parish register
|-
|-
| Scheiding
|Kirchengemeinde
| September
|parish
|-
|-
| Scheidler
|Kirchenpfleger
| knife-blade maker
|churchwarden
|-
|-
| Scheidung
|Kirchenrodel
| divorce
|parish register
|-
|-
| Schein
|Kirchensprengel
| certificate
|parish
|-
|-
| Schenkungen
|Kirchenvorsteher
| donations
|churchwarden
|-
|-
| Scherer
|Kirchhöre
| barber; beardcutter; cloth cutter
|church parish
|-
|-
| Schichtmeister
|kirchlich
| mine paymaster
|pertaining to church
|-
|-
| Schiffbauer
|Kirchrat
| shipbuilder
|member of a church council
|-
|-
| Schiffer
|Kirchspiel
| shipper; seaman
|parish
|-
|-
| Schiffmann
|Kläger(in), Klr.
| sailor
|plaintiff
|-
|-
| Schiffsmakler
|klein
| shipbroker; shipping agent
|little
|-
|-
| Schilderer
|Knabe
| sign painter
|boy
|-
|-
| Schindeldecker
|Knecht
| roofer of shingle roofs
|servant
|-
|-
| Schindelmacher
|Köbler (used in Franken and Oberpfalz, Bayern)
| shingle maker
|cottager
|-
|-
| Schinner
|Kolonist
| renderer, skinner
|settler, colonist, farmer
|-
|-
| Schirmmacher
|Kommunikant
| umbrella maker
|communicant
|-
|-
| Schirrmacher
|Kommunion
| wagon maker
|communion
|-
|-
| Schirrmeister
|Konfirmation
| master wagon maker
|confirmation
|-
|-
| Schlachter, Schlächter
|Konditormeister
| butcher
|master cake-maker
|-
|-
| Schlachtmann
|Konfitenten
| butcher
|confessants
|-
|-
| Schlachtwanter
|König
| clothing wholesaler
|king
|-
|-
| Schlafbaas
|königlich
| innkeeper
|royal
|-
|-
| Schlaganfall
|Königreich
| stroke, seizure
|kingdom
|-
|-
| Schlagfluß
|Kooperator
| stroke
|non-governing clergyman (like a chaplain) assigned to a parish/pastor
|-
|-
| Schlieper
|Kopulation
| knifemaker; cutler
|marriage
|-
|-
| Schlieter
|kopulieren
| merchant
|to marry
|-
|-
| Schloß
|Kossat, Kossät, Kossath
| castle
|cottager
|-
|-
| Schlosser
|Kossattin
| locksmith
|female cottager
|-
|-
| Schlotfeger
|Kötter, Kötner, Köthner
| chimneysweep
|small farmer, cottager
|-
|-
| Schlotthauer
|Krämer
| locksmith
|grocer, small retailer
|-
|-
| Schmied
|Krämpfe
| smith
|cramps,, convulsions
|-
|-
| Schneider
|Krankheit
| tailor
|disease, sickness
|-
|-
| Schnitzer, Schnitzler
|Krankheit oder andere Todesart
| woodcarver
|cause of death (in a heading)
|-
|-
| Schopper
|Krankheit und Todesart nach Ausweis der Todtenbeschau
| ship's carpenter
|cause of death (in a heading)
|-
|-
| Schornsteinfeger
|Krankheit oder Todesursache nach Ausweis der Todtenbeschau
| chimneysweep
|cause of death (in a heading)
|-
|-
| Schosserheber
|Krebs
| tax collector
|cancer
|-
|-
| Schösser
|Kreis
| tax collector
|county
|-
|-
| Schotte
|Krieg
| peddler
|war
|-
|-
| Schottler
|Kröger, Krogmann
| turner; key maker
|innkeeper
|-
|-
| Schottilier
|Küfer
| turner; carpenter
|cooper, barrel maker
|-
|-
| Schreiber
|Kuhhirte
| scribe, clerk
|cowherd
|-
|-
| Schreiner
|Kupferschmied
| cabinetmaker, joiner
|coppersmith
|-
|-
| Schriftsetzer
|Kurort
| typesetter
|spa
|-
|-
| Schroder, Schröder
|Kusine
| tailor
|female cousin
|-
|-
| Schröer
|Küster
| tailor
|sexton
|-
|-
| Schröter
|Kutscher
| tailor; carter; driver; cooper
|coachman
|-
|}
| Schubarth, Schuberth, Schubring
 
| shoemaker
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|-
|-
| Schuchard, Schucherd, Schuchmann, Schuckert
| width="25%" |'''German'''
| shoemaker
|'''English'''
|-
|-
| Schuhmacher
|Land
| shoemaker, cobbler
|land, country
|-
|-
| Schule
|Landarbeiter
| school
|farmhand
|-
|-
| Schullehrer
|Landkarte
| schoolteacher
|map
|-
|-
| Schultheiß, Schulze
|Landwirt
| village mayor, head of town council
|farmer
|-
|-
| Schüssler
|lassen
| bowl maker
|to let, leave, allow
|-
|-
| Schuster
|lebendig
| shoemaker, cobbler
|living
|-
|-
| Schuwarte
|ledig
| shoemaker
|single, unmarried
|-
|-
| Schwäche
|legitimiert
| weakness
|made legitimate, legitimized
|-
|-
| Schwager
|Lehrer
| brother-in-law
|teacher
|-
|-
| Schwägerin
|Lehrling
| sister-in-law
|apprentice
|-
|-
| Schwaiger
|Leiche
| shepherd
|corpse, body
|-
|-
| schwanger
|Leichenpredigt
| pregnant
|funeral sermon
|-
|-
| schwarz
|Leinenweber
| black
|linen weaver
|-
|-
| schwarzer Tod
|Lenz
| black death; plague
|spring (season)
|-
|-
| Schwarzgiesser
|letzte Ölung
| iron smelter
|last rites, extreme unction
|-
|-
| Schwein(e)hirt(h)
|letzte Salbung
| pigherd
|last rites, extreme unction
|-
|-
| Schweisser
|Letzter
| welder
|latter, last
|-
|-
| Schweiz
|letzter Wille
| Switzerland
|last will
|-
|-
| Schweizer
|links
| Swiss; also a dairyman
|left
|-
|-
| Schwendimann
|Lippische Ziegler
| settler on recently burned woodland
|migrant bricklayers from the Principality of Lippe working in Germany, Brandenburg, the Netherlands, or Denmark
|-
|-
| Schwerdtfeger
|lohgerbermeister
| armorer
|master tanner
|-
|-
| Schwester
|Lungenentzündung
| sister
|pneumonia
|-
|-
| Schwiegermutter
|Lungenschwindsucht
| mother-in-law
|consumption, tuberculosis
|-
|-
| Schwiegersohn
|lutherisch
| son-in-law
|Lutheran
|}
 
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|-
|-
| Schwiegertochter
| width="25%" |'''German'''
| daughter-in-law
|'''English'''
|-
|-
| Schwiegervater
|mannschaftl. = mannschaftlich
| father-in-law
|(adj.) pertaining to a group of men (Jewish Familiant, especially used in Moravia)
|-
|-
| Schwindsucht
|Mädchen
| consumption
|girl
|-
|-
| S.d. = Sohn des, der
|Mädel
| son of
|girl
|-
|-
| sechs
|Magd
| six
|maiden, maid, servant girl
|-
|-
| sechste
|Mägdlein
| sixth
|girl, little girl
|-
|-
| sechsundzwanzig
|Mai
| twenty-six
|May
|-
|-
| sechsundzwanzigste
|Maler
| twenty-sixth
|painter
|-
|-
| sechzehnhundert
|Mann
| sixteen hundred
|husband, man
|-
|-
| sechzehn
|männlich
| sixteen
|male
|-
|-
| sechzehnte
|mannschaftlich
| sixteenth
|(adj.) pertaining to a group of men (Jewish Familiant, especially used in Moravia)
|-
|-
| sechzig
|Mariengroschen, Mgr.
| sixty
|Mariengroschen (German currency)
|-
|-
| sechzigste
|Markt
| sixtieth
|market
|-
|-
| See
|März
| lake
|March
|-
|-
| Seelen
|Masern
| souls
|measles
|-
|-
| Seelenregister
|Matrikel
| church membership list
|register
|-
|-
| Seelsorger
|Matrose
| minister, chaplain
|Bluejacket, Sailor
|-
|-
| Seemann
|Maurer
| sailor
|mason
|-
|-
| Segner
|Mautner
| fisherman
|customs official
|-
|-
| Seifensieder
|Meister, -meister
| soap maker
|master
|-
|-
| Seigner
|Mennoniten
| fisherman
|Mennonites
|-
|-
| Seiler
|Messerschmied
| rope maker
|cutler, knifesmith
|-
|-
| sein
|Metzger, Mezger
| to be; his
|butcher
|-
|-
| seit
|Meubelfabrakant
| since
|furniture manufacturer
|-
|-
| Seite
|Militär
| page
|military
|-
|-
| selige
|minderjährig
| (the) late, blessed
|underaged, minor
|-
|-
| September
|mit
| September
|with, via, by
|-
|-
| Sibber
|Mitglied
| sieve maker
|member
|-
|-
| Sibmacher
|Mittag
| sieve maker
|midday
|-
|-
| sich
|mittags
| himself, herself, itself
|at noon
|-
|-
| sie
|Mitternacht
| she, they
|midnight
|-
|-
| Sie
|Mittwoch
| you
|Wednesday
|-
|-
| sieben
|Monat
| seven
|month
|-
|-
| siebente
|Montag
| seventh
|Monday
|-
|-
| siebenundzwanzigste
|Morgen
| twenty-seventh
|morning, tomorrow
|-
|-
| siebte
|Morgen (morgen)
| seventh
|measure of land, 0.6 to 0.9 acres
|-
|-
| siebzehn
|morgens
| seventeen
|in the morning
|-
|-
| siebzehnhundert
|müheseelig Mench
| seventeen hundred
|handicapped person
|-
|-
| siebzehnte
|Mühle
| seventeenth
|mill
|-
|-
| siebzig
|Mühlerbesitzer
| seventy
|mill owner
|-
|-
| siebzigste
|Mühlenpächter
| seventieth
|mill tenant
|-
|-
| Sieder
|Mullnäher
| soap maker
|Occupation: cheesecloth (gauze) stitcher (sewer)
|-
|-
| siehe
|mündlich
| see
|verbal, verbally
|-
|-
| Sigrist
|Mutter
| sexton
|Mother
|}
 
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| width="25%" |'''German'''
|'''English'''
|-
|-
| sind
|N.N. = nomen nescio
| are
|name not known
|-
|-
| so
|nach
| as, so, thus, such
|to, after, according to
|-
|-
| Sohn
|Nachbar
| son
|neighbor
|-
|-
| Söhnlein, Söhnchen
|Nachbarschaft
| young son
|neighborhood
|-
|-
| Soldat
|nachgelassen
| soldier
|surviving
|-
|-
| Söldner
|Nachlaß
| mercenary soldier; day laborer
|estate, inheritance
|-
|-
| sollen
|Nachmittag
| should
|afternoon
|-
|-
| Sonnabend
|nachmittags
| Saturday
|in the afternoon
|-
|-
| Sonntag
|nächst(e)
| Sunday
|next
|-
|-
| spät
|Nacht
| late (p.m.)
|night
|-
|-
| Spengler
|Näherin
| plumber; tinsmith
|seamstress
|-
|-
| spur. = spurius, spuria
|Name
| illegitimate
|name
|-
|-
| Staat
|Namensfertiger, Nftgr.
| state
|person who signs for illiterate people
|-
|-
| Staatsangehörigkeit
|nat. = natus, nata
| citizenship, nationality
|born
|-
|-
| Staatsarchiv
|natus, nata
| state archives
|born
|-
|-
| Stadt
|neben
| city
|next to
|-
|-
| Stammbaum
|Nebenfrau
| family tree, pedigree
|concubine
|-
|-
| Stand
|Neffe
| occupation, status, condition
|nephew
|-
|-
| Standesamt
|nemlich
| civil registrar’s office
|namely, same, by name (variant of nämlich)
|-
|-
| starb
|Nervenfieber
| died
|nervous fever, nerve fever, sometimes means typhus
|-
|-
| Steinhauer
|neu
| stonecutter
|new
|-
|-
| Steinmetz
|neun
| stonemason
|nine
|-
|-
| stellen
|neunte
| place, put, impose
|ninth
|-
|-
| Stellmacher
|neunundzwanzigte
| wheelwright
|twenty-ninth
|-
|-
| Sterbefälle
|neunzehn
| deaths
|nineteen
|-
|-
| sterben
|neunzehnhundert
| to die
|nineteen hundred
|-
|-
| Steuer
|neunzehnte
| tax
|nineteenth
|-
|-
| Stickfluß
|neunzig
| asthma
|ninety
|-
|-
| Stiefbruder
|neunzigste
| half brother, stepbrother
|ninetieth
|-
|-
| Stiefkind
|Nicht
| stepchild
|not
|-
|-
| Stiefmutter
|Nichte
| stepmother
|niece
|-
|-
| Stiefschwester
|nichts
| half sister, stepsister
|nothing
|-
|-
| Stiefvater
|nie
| stepfather
|never
|-
|-
| Stillgeburt
|nieder
| stillbirth
|lower
|-
|-
| Straße
|niederländisch
| street
|Dutch, of the Netherlands
|-
|-
| Stunde
|noch
| hour
|still
|-
|-
| Sucht
|noch lebende
| sickness, mania, rage
|still living
|-
|-
| Süden
|noch nicht
| south
|not yet
|-
|-
| S.v. = Sohn von
|Nord
| son of
|north
|-
|Notizen
|notices, miscellaneous records
|-
|Nottaufe
|emergency baptism
|-
|November
|November
|-
|Nummer
|number
|-
|nur
|only
|}
|}


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==== T  ====
===O===


{| width="100%" border="1"
{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''  
| width="25%" |'''German'''
| '''English'''
|'''English'''
|-
|-
| T.d. = Tochter des, der
|O.A. = Oberamt
| daughter of
|governing district office
|-
|-
| T.v. = Tochter von
|ober
| daughter of
|upper, over
|-
|-
| Tabelle
|ober-, Ober-<br>(comb. form)
| index, table
|chief, head; upper, over
|-
|-
| Tag
|Oberamt
| day
|governing district office
|-
|-
| Tagelöhner
|Oberpostamtmann
| day laborer
|Head postmaster (or Chief Postoffice officer)
|-
|-
| Tagner
|oder
| day laborer
|or
|-
|-
| Tal, Thal
|öffentlich bekanntmachen
| valley
|make known publicly
|-
|-
| Tante
|oft
| aunt
|often
|-
|-
| Tapazier
|Oheim, Ohm
| (wall)paper hanger
|maternal uncle
|-
|-
| Taufe
|ohne
| baptism
|without
|-
|-
| taufen
|ohne besonderes Gewerbe
| to baptize
|without any particular occupation
|-
|-
| Taufpaten
|Oktober
| godparents
|October
|-
|-
| Taufschein
|Onkel
| baptismal certificate
|uncle
|-
|-
| tausend
|Ort
| thousand
|place, town
|-
|-
| Testament
|Ortslexikon
| will
|gazetteer
|-
|-
| Tischler
|Osten
| cabinetmaker, furniture maker
|east
|-
|-
| Tochter
|Ostern
| daughter
|Easter (could be March or April)
|-
|-
| Töchterchen
|Ostermonat
| young daughter
|April
|-
|-
| Töchterlein
|Ostern
| young daughter
|Easter
|-
|-
| Tochtermann
|Österreich
| son-in-law
|Austria
|-
|-
| Tod
|österreichisch
| death
|Austrian
|-
|}
| Todesart
 
| manner of death
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| Töpfer
| potter
|-
| tot
| dead
|-
| Totengräber
| grave digger
|-
| totgeboren
| stillborn
|-
| Trauung
| marriage
|-
| Trennung
| separation, divorce
|-
| tschechisch
| Czech
|-
| Tschechoslowakai
| Czechoslovakia
|-
| Tuberkulose
| tuberculosis
|-
| Tuchmacher
| cloth maker, draper
|-
| Tumor
| tumor
|}


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===P===
 
==== U  ====
 
über


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|-
|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''  
| width="25%" |'''German'''
| '''English'''
|'''English'''
|-
|-
| u.d. = und des, und der
|Pächter
| and of
|leaseholder
|-
|-
| über
|Pate
| about, concerning, over
|godfather
|-
|-
| überleben
|Paten
| survive
|godparents
|-
|-
| Uhr
|Patin
| o’clock, clock, watch
|godmother
|-
|-
| um
|Pest
| at, about, around, concerning
|plague
|-
|-
| unbekannt
|Pfalz
| unknown
|Palatinate
|-
|-
| und
|Pfarramt
| and
|parish office
|-
|-
| und der
|Pfarrbuch
| and of
|parish register
|-
|-
| und des
|Pfarrei
| and of
|parish
|-
|-
| unehelich
|Pfarrer
| illegitimate
|parish minister, pastor
|-
|-
| ungarisch
|Pfarrverweser
| Hungarian
|curate in charge of the church parish
|-
|-
| Ungarn
|Pfingsten
| Hungary
|Pentecost
|-
|-
| ungefähr
|Pflegekind
| about, circa, approximately
|foster child
|-
|-
| uns
|Pflegesohn
| us
|foster son
|-
|-
| unter
|Pflegetochter
| under, lower
|foster daughter
|-
|-
| Unterleib
|Pfleggericht
| abdomen
|district court, local court (older form of Amtsgericht)
|-
|-
| Unterleibsentzündung
|Plätterin
| abdominal inflammation, peritonitis
|ironer
|-
|-
| Unterleibstyphus
|Platz
| typhoid fever
|place (location)
|-
|-
| Unterleibsverhärtung
|Pocken
| abdomenal hardening
|pox, smallpox
|-
|-
| Unterrichter
|Polen
| judge
|Poland
|-
|-
| Unterschrieben
|polnisch
| signed
|Polish
|-
|-
| Unterschrift
|Posamentierer
| signature
|A worker in the art of Posament. Posament is a technique where metal wires or threads are braided and knotted into ornaments and then sewn onto textiles. Braiding and knotting can be used together or separately.
|-
|-
| Unterzeichnete
|preußisch
| the undersigned
|Prussia
|-
|-
| unverheiratet
|Priester
| unmarried
|priest
|-
|-
| Urenkelkind
|Prinz
| great-grandchild
|prince
|-
|-
| Urgroßmutter
|Prinzessin
| great-grandmother
|princess
|-
|-
| Urgroßvater
|protestantisch
| great-grandfather
|Protestant
|-
|-
| Urkunde
|Provinz
| record, document
|province
|-
|-
| Ururgroßmutter
|provinzial
| great-great-grandmother
|provincial
|-
| Ururgroßvater
| great-great-grandfather
|-
| ux. = uxor
| wife
|}
|}


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==== V  ====
===R===


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|-
|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''  
| width="25%" |'''German'''
| '''English'''
|'''English'''
|-
|-
| Vater
|Räbbe
| father
|rabies
|-
|-
| verehelicht
|Rabbiner
| married
|rabbi
|-
|-
| Verehelichung
|Räcke
| marriage
|stiffness of the limbs
|-
|-
| vergangen
|Racker
| past
|renderer
|-
|-
| vergraben
|Rademacher, Radmacher
| buried
|wheelwright
|-
|-
| verh. = verheiratet
|Radhauer
| married
|wheelwright
|-
|-
| Verkäufer
|Rathaus
| seller, vendor
|city hall
|-
|-
| verl. = verlobt
|Ratsherr
| engaged
|alderman
|-
|-
| verlebte
|Ratsmann
| deceased
|councilman; town councilor
|-
|-
| verloben, sich
|Rechnung
| to become engaged
|account; bill
|-
|-
| Verlobte
|rechtgläubig
| fiancée
|orthodox
|-
|-
| Verlobter
|Rechtsanwalt
| fiancé
|lawyer
|-
|-
| Verlobung
|reformiert
| betrothal, engagement
|reformed
|-
|-
| Vermieter
|Regierungsbezirk
| landlord, lessor
|administrative area (a political jurisdiction)
|-
|-
| Vermögen
|Register
| estate, assets
|register (a book or list)
|-
|-
| Verpächter
|Reich
| landlord, lessor
|empire; kingdom
|-
|-
| verrichtet
|Reifer
| performed
|ropemaker; rope merchant
|-
|-
| verschiedene
|Reiter
| various
|rider; cavalryman
|-
|-
| versehen
|relicta
| given the last rights, extreme unction (e.g., dates in context of a death record)
|widow
|-
|-
| Verstopfung
|relictus
| constipation
|widower
|-
|-
| verstorben
|Religion
| deceased, defunct
|religion
|-
|-
| Verstorbene
|ren. = renatus, renata
| the deceased
|baptized, christened
|-
|-
| Verwaltung
|Rentner
| administration
|retired person
|-
|-
| Verwandten
|Rheuma
| relatives
|rheumatism
|-
|-
| Verwandtschaft
|Richter
| relationship
|judge
|-
|-
| verwitwet
|Rodel
| widowed
|register
|-
|-
| Verzeichnis
|Röseler
| register, list, index
|whitewasher
|-
|-
| Vetter
|Rössler
| male cousin
|horseman; tanner
|-
|-
| vid. = viduus, vidua
|römisch katholisch
| widower, widow
|Roman Catholic
|-
|-
| vielleicht
|Röt
| perhaps, maybe
|measles; bloody diarrhea
|-
|-
| vier
|Rotgerber
| four
|red tanner
|-
|-
| vierte
|Rotsucht, Rothsucht
| fourth
|rubeola, measles
|-
|-
| vierundzwanzigste
|Ruhestand
| twenty-fourth
|retirement
|-
|-
| vierzehn
|Ruhr
| fourteen
|dysentery
|-
|-
| vierzehnte
|russisch
| fourteenth
|Russian
|-
|-
| vierzig
|Rußland
| forty
|Russia
|}
 
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===S===
 
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|-
|-
| vierzigste
| width="25%" |'''German'''
| fortieth
|'''English'''
|-
|-
| Vogt
|S. = Seite
| steward, overseer
|page
|-
|-
| Voigt
|s. = siehe
| steward, overseer
|see the following reference
|-
|-
| Volkszählung
|Sachsen
| census
|Saxony
|-
|-
| volljährig
|Sackhuhn
| of age, of legal age
|sailmaker
|-
|-
| vollzogen
|Säger
| performed
|sawyer
|-
|-
| von
|Salbung
| of, from, by
|anointing
|-
|-
| vor
|Salzmesser
| before; ago
|a salt weigher
|-
|-
| vorherig
|Salzvogt
| previous, preceding
|salt works overseer
|-
|-
| vorheriger Tag
|Samstag
| the previous day
|Saturday
|-
|-
| vorläufig
|Sarkhauer
| for the time being
|stonemason
|-
|-
| vormals
|Satertag
| formerly
|Saturday
|-
|-
| Vormittags
|Sattler
| in the morning
|saddler, leather worker
|-
|-
| Vormund
|Schacherer
| guardian
|peddler
|-
|-
| Vorname
|Schäfer
| given name
|shepherd
|-
|-
| Vorstadt
|Schaffer
| suburbs, outskirts of town
|worker; laborer; administrator
|}
|-
 
|Schäf(f)ler
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|cooper
 
|-
==== W  ====
|Schaffmann
 
|worker
{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
|Schaffner
|conductor
|-
|Schalbelehnter,
Schaalbelehnter
|one who works with scales, a weigher
|-
|Schalck, Schall
|servant
|-
|Scharlach, Scharlachfieber
|scarlet fever
|-
|Schänker / Schenker
|tavernkeeper; an innkeeper who taps beer or wine
|-
|Scharnemann
|merchant in a market
|-
|Scharrmacher
|wagon builder
|-
|Scharwerker
|day laborer on a farm
|-
|Schatter, Schattmann
|tax assessor
|-
|Schatzmann
|moneychanger; treasurer
|-
|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''
|Schatzmeister
| '''English'''
|treasurer
|-
|-
| Wagner
|Scheibenreisser
| cartwright
|glazier
|-
|-
| Waise
|Scheibler
| orphan
|salt carrier
|-
|-
| Wald
|Scheiding
| forest, woods
|September
|-
|-
| wann
|Scheidler
| when
|knife-blade maker
|-
|-
| Wappen
|Scheidung
| coat of arms
|divorce
|-
|-
| Wappenkunde
|Schein
| heraldry
|certificate
|-
|-
| war
|Schenkungen
| was
|donations
|-
|-
| waren
|Scherer
| were
|barber; beardcutter; cloth cutter
|-
|-
| warum
|Schichtmeister
| why
|mine paymaster
|-
|-
| was
|Schiffbauer
| what
|shipbuilder
|-
|-
| Wassersucht
|Schiffer
| dropsy, edema
|shipper; seaman
|-
|-
| Weber
|Schiffmann
| weaver
|sailor
|-
|-
| Weduwe
|Schiffsmakler
| widow
|shipbroker; shipping agent
|-
|-
| wegen
|Schilderer
| because of
|sign painter
|-
|-
| Wehmutter
|Schindeldecker
| midwife
|roofer of shingle roofs
|-
|-
| Weib
|Schindelmacher
| wife, woman
|shingle maker
|-
|-
| weiblich
|Schinner
| female
|renderer, skinner
|-
|-
| weil. = weiland
|Schirmmacher
| deceased
|umbrella maker
|-
|-
| weiland
|Schirrmacher
| deceased
|wagon maker
|-
|-
| Weiland
|Schirrmeister
| the deceased
|master wagon maker
|-
|-
| Weiler
|Schlachter, Schlächter
| hamlet
|butcher
|-
|-
| weiß
|Schlachtmann
| white
|butcher
|-
|-
| Weißgerber
|Schlachtwanter
| tanner
|clothing wholesaler
|-
|-
| welche
|Schlafbaas
| which
|innkeeper
|-
|-
| wer
|Schlaganfall
| who
|stroke, seizure
|-
|-
| werden
|Schlagfluß
| to become
|stroke
|-
|-
| West
|Schlieper
| west
|knifemaker; cutler
|-
|-
| weyland
|Schlieter
| deceased
|merchant
|-
|-
| wie
|Schloß
| how
|castle
|-
|-
| Windpocken
|Schlosser
| chicken pox
|locksmith
|-
|-
| Wintermonat
|Schlotfeger
| November
|chimneysweep
|-
|-
| Wirt
|Schlotthauer
| innkeeper
|locksmith
|-
|-
| Wittib
|Schmied
| widow
|smith
|-
|-
| Wittiber
|Schneide Müllergeselle
| widower
|sawmiller's assistant
|-
|-
| Witwer
|Schneider
| widower
|tailor
|-
|-
| wo
|Schnitzer, Schnitzler
| where
|woodcarver
|-
|-
| Woche
|Schopper
| week
|ship's carpenter
|-
|-
| Wochenbett
|Schornsteinfeger
| childbed
|chimneysweep
|-
|-
| woher
|Schosserheber
| from where
|tax collector
|-
|-
| wohnen
|Schösser
| to live, residing
|tax collector
|-
|-
| Wohnort
|Schotte
| place of residence
|peddler
|-
|-
| Wohnplatz
|Schottler
| place of residence
|turner; key maker
|-
|-
| Wohnung
|Schottilier
| domicile, residence
|turner; carpenter
|-
|-
| wollen
|Schreiber
| to want
|scribe, clerk
|-
|-
| Wonnemonat
|Schreiner
| May
|cabinetmaker, joiner
|-
|-
| Wörterbuch
|Schriftsetzer
| dictionary
|typesetter, typographer
|-
|-
| wurde geboren
|Schroder, Schröder
| was born
|tailor
|-
|-
| wurde getauft
|Schröer
| was baptized
|tailor
|-
|-
| würdig
|Schröter
| worthy
|tailor; carter; driver; cooper
|-
|-
| Wwe. = Witwe
|Schubarth, Schuberth, Schubring
| widow
|shoemaker
|-
|-
| Wwer. = Witwer
|Schuchard, Schucherd, Schuchmann, Schuckert
| widower
|shoemaker
|}
 
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==== X  ====
 
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|-
|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''
|Schuhmacher
| '''English'''
|shoemaker, cobbler
|-
|-
| Xber,&nbsp;Xbris
|Schule
| December
|school
|}
|-
 
|Schullehrer
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|schoolteacher
 
|-
==== Z  ====
|Schultheiß, Schulze
 
|village mayor, head of town council
|-
|Schüssler
|bowl maker
|-
|Schuster
|shoemaker, cobbler
|-
|Schutzmann
|policeman
|-
|Schuwarte
|shoemaker
|-
|Schwäche
|weakness
|-
|Schwager
|brother-in-law
|-
|Schwägerin
|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
|consumption
|-
|S.d. = Sohn des, der
|son of
|-
|sechs
|six
|-
|sechste
|sixth
|-
|sechsundzwanzig
|twenty-six
|-
|sechsundzwanzigste
|twenty-sixth
|-
|sechzehnhundert
|sixteen hundred
|-
|sechzehn
|sixteen
|-
|sechzehnte
|sixteenth
|-
|sechzig
|sixty
|-
|sechzigste
|sixtieth
|-
|See
|lake
|-
|Seelen
|souls
|-
|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
|-
|(mütterlicher/väterlicher) Seits
|on the (maternal/paternal) side
|-
|Seite
|page
|-
|Seitenstechen
|stitch, pain in the side
|-
|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
|seventieth
|-
|Sieder
|soap maker
|-
|Siedler
|settler
|-
|siehe
|see
|-
|Sigrist
|sexton
|-
|sind
|are
|-
|so
|as, so, thus, such
|-
|Sohn
|son
|-
|Söhnlein, Söhnchen
|young son
|-
|Soldat
|soldier
|-
|Sölde
|plot of land
|-
|Söldner
|mercenary soldier, day laborer, or farmer
|-
|sollen
|should
|-
|Sonnabend
|Saturday
|-
|Sonntag
|Sunday
|-
|spät
|late (p.m.)
|-
|Spengler
|plumber; tinsmith
|-
|spur. = spurius, spuria
|illegitimate
|-
|Staat
|state
|-
|Staatsangehörigkeit
|citizenship, nationality
|-
|Staatsarchiv
|state archives
|-
|Stadt
|city
|-
|Stammbaum
|family tree, pedigree
|-
|Stand
|occupation, status, condition
|-
|Standesamt
|civil registrar’s office
|-
|starb
|died
|-
|Steinhauer
|stonecutter
|-
|Steinmetz
|stonemason
|-
|stellen
|place, put, impose
|-
|Stellmacher
|wheelwright, cartwright (a craftsman who builds or repairs wooden wheels.)
|-
|Sterbefälle
|deaths
|-
|sterben
|to die
|-
|Steuer
|tax
|-
|Stickfluß
|asthma
|-
|Stiefbruder
|half brother, stepbrother
|-
|Stiefkind
|stepchild
|-
|Stiefmutter
|stepmother
|-
|Stiefschwester
|half sister, stepsister
|-
|Stiefvater
|stepfather
|-
|Stillgeburt
|stillbirth
|-
|Straße
|street
|-
|Stunde
|hour
|-
|Sucht
|sickness, mania, rage
|-
|Süden
|south
|-
|S.v. = Sohn von
|son of
|}
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===T===
 
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|-
|-
| width="25%" | '''German'''  
| width="25%" |'''German'''
| '''English'''
|'''English'''
|-
|T.d. = Tochter des, der
|daughter of
|-
|T.v. = Tochter von
|daughter of
|-
|Tabelle
|index, table
|-
|Tag
|day
|-
|Tagelöhner, Taglöhner
|day laborer
|-
|Tagner
|day laborer
|-
|Tal, Thal
|valley
|-
|Tante
|aunt
|-
|Tapazier
|(wall)paper hanger
|-
|Tapeten
|wallpaper, hangings
|-
|Tapezierer
|Upholsterer
|-
|Tapezierergehilfe
|Assistant upholsterer
|-
|Tapezierergehilfin
|Assistant upholsterer
|-
|Tapeziermeister
|Master upholsterer
|-
|Taufe
|baptism
|-
|taufen
|to baptize
|-
|Taufpaten
|godparents
|-
|Taufschein
|baptismal certificate
|-
|tausend
|thousand
|-
|Telegraphenberwerkmeister
|senior Telegraph foreman
|-
|Testament
|will
|-
|Tischler
|cabinetmaker, furniture maker
|-
|Tochter
|daughter
|-
|Töchterchen
|young daughter
|-
|Töchterlein
|young daughter
|-
|Tochtermann
|son-in-law
|-
|Tod
|death
|-
|Todesart
|manner of death
|-
|Töpfer
|potter
|-
|tot
|dead
|-
|Totengräber
|grave digger
|-
|totgeboren, todtgeboren
|stillborn
|-
|Trauung
|marriage
|-
|Trennung
|separation, divorce
|-
|tschechisch
|Czech
|-
|Tschechoslowakai
|Czechoslovakia
|-
|Tschismenmacher
|shoemaker, maker of Hungarian boots
|-
|Tuberkulose
|tuberculosis
|-
|Tuchbereiter
| cloth-dresser (cropper)
|-
|Tuchmacher
|cloth maker, draper
|-
|Tumor
|tumor
|}
 
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===U===
 
über
 
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| width="25%" |'''German'''
|'''English'''
|-
|u.d. = und des, und der
|and of
|-
|über
|about, concerning, over
|-
|überleben
|survive
|-
|Uhr
|o’clock, clock, watch
|-
|um
|at, about, around, concerning
|-
|unbekannt
|unknown
|-
|und
|and
|-
|und der
|and of
|-
|und des
|and of
|-
|unehelich
|illegitimate
|-
|ungarisch
|Hungarian
|-
|Ungarn
|Hungary
|-
|ungefähr
|about, circa, approximately
|-
|uns
|us
|-
|unter
|under, lower
|-
|Unterleib
|abdomen
|-
|Unterleibsentzündung
|abdominal inflammation, peritonitis
|-
|Unterleibstyphus
|typhoid fever
|-
|Unterleibsverhärtung
|abdomenal hardening
|-
|Unterrichter
|judge
|-
|Unterschrieben
|signed
|-
|Unterschrift
|signature
|-
|Unterzeichnete
|the undersigned
|-
|unverheiratet, unverehelicht
|unmarried
|-
|unzeitiges Kind
|premature child
|-
|Urenkelkind
|great-grandchild
|-
|Urgroßmutter
|great-grandmother
|-
|Urgroßvater
|great-grandfather
|-
|Urkunde
|record, document
|-
|Ururgroßmutter
|great-great-grandmother
|-
|Ururgroßvater
|great-great-grandfather
|-
|ux. = uxor
|wife
|}
 
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===V===
 
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| width="25%" |'''German'''
|'''English'''
|-
|Vater
|father
|-
|verehelicht
|married
|-
|Verehelichung
|marriage
|-
|vergangen
|past
|-
|vergraben
|buried
|-
|verh. = verheiratet
|married
|-
|Verkäufer
|seller, vendor
|-
|verl. = verlobt
|engaged
|-
|verlebte
|deceased
|-
|verloben, sich
|to become engaged
|-
|Verlobte
|fiancée
|-
|Verlobter
|fiancé
|-
|Verlobung
|betrothal, engagement
|-
|Vermieter
|landlord, lessor
|-
|Vermögen
|estate, assets
|-
|Verpächter
|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, widow
|-
|vielleicht
|perhaps, maybe
|-
|vier
|four
|-
|vierte
|fourth
|-
|vierundzwanzigste
|twenty-fourth
|-
|vierzehn
|fourteen
|-
|vierzehnte
|fourteenth
|-
|vierzig
|forty
|-
|vierzigste
|fortieth
|-
|Vogt
|steward, overseer
|-
|Voigt
|steward, overseer
|-
|Volkszählung
|census
|-
|volljährig
|of age, of legal age
|-
|vollzogen
|performed
|-
|von
|of, from, by
|-
|vor
|before; ago
|-
|vorgestern
|the day before yesterday
|-
|vorherig
|previous, preceding
|-
|vorheriger Tag
|the previous day
|-
|vorläufig
|for the time being
|-
|vormals
|formerly
|-
|Vormittags
|in the morning
|-
|Vormund
|guardian
|-
|Vorname
|given name
|-
|Vorstadt
|suburbs, outskirts of town
|}
 
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===W===
 
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|-
| width="25%" |'''German'''
|'''English'''
|-
|Wagner
|cartwright
|-
|Waise
|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 deceased
|-
|Weiler
|hamlet
|-
|weiß
|white
|-
|Weißgerber
|tanner
|-
|welche
|which
|-
|Weltpriester
|a secular priest
|-
|wer
|who
|-
|werden
|to become
|-
|West
|west
|-
|weyland
|deceased
|-
|wie
|how
|-
|Wiedertäufer
|Anabaptist
|-
|Windpocken
|chicken pox
|-
|Wintermonat
|November
|-
|Wirt
|innkeeper or owner of a pub, tavern, restaurant, inn
|-
|Wittib
|widow
|-
|Wittiber
|widower
|-
|Witwer
|widower
|-
|wo
|where
|-
|Woche
|week
|-
|Wochenbett
|childbed
|-
|Wöchnerin
|woman in childbed
|-
|woher
|from where
|-
|wohnen
|to live, residing
|-
|Wohnort
|place of residence
|-
|Wohnplatz
|place of residence
|-
|Wohnung
|domicile, residence
|-
|wollen
|to want
|-
|Wonnemonat
|May
|-
|Wörterbuch
|dictionary
|-
|wurde geboren
|was born
|-
|wurde getauft
|was baptized
|-
|würdig
|worthy
|-
|Wwe. = Witwe
|widow
|-
|Wwer. = Witwer
|widower
|}
 
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===X===
 
{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
| width="25%" |'''German'''
|'''English'''
|-
|Xber, Xbris
|December
|}
 
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===Z===
 
{| width="100%" border="1"
|-
| width="25%" |'''German'''
|'''English'''
|-
|zählen
|to count
|-
|Zahnkrämpfe
|teething
|-
|Zähnen, Zähnung
|teething
|-
|-
| zählen
|zehn
| to count
|ten
|-
|-
| Zahnkrämpfe
|Zehnt(en)buch
| teething
|tithing book
|-
|-
| Zahnung
|zehnte
| teething
|tenth
|-
|-
| zehn
|Zehnten
| ten
|tithes
|-
|-
| Zehnt(en)buch
|zehrendes Fieber
| tithing book
|consumptive fever
|-
|-
| zehnte
|Zehrung
| tenth
|consumption
|-
|-
| Zehnten
|Zeit
| tithes
|time
|-
|-
| zehrendes Fieber
|Zentner
| consumptive fever
|hundredweight
|-
|-
| Zehrung
|Zeuge
| consuption
|witness
|-
|-
| Zeit
|Ziegler
| time
|brick maker
|-
|-
| Zeuge
|Ziehmutter, -sohn,<br>-tochter
| witness
|foster mother, son, daughter
|-
|-
| Ziegler
|Zimmermann
| brick maker
|Carpenter
|-
|-
| Ziehmutter, -sohn,<br>-tochter
|Zivilstandsamt
| foster mother, son, daughter
|civil registrar's office
|-
|-
| Zimmermann
|Zöllner
| Carpenter
|publican, tax collector
|-
|-
| Zivilstandsamt
|zu Hause
| civil registrar's office
|at home
|-
|-
| Zöllner
|Zukunft
| publican, tax collector
|future
|-
|-
| zu Hause
|Zuname
| at home
|surname, last name
|-
|-
| Zukunft
|zusammen
| future
|together
|-
|-
| Zuname
|zuständig nach, heimatberechtigt in, ansässig in
| surname, last name
|entitled to reside in/home rights in (a place), residing in, resident of
|-
|-
| zusammen
|Zuständigkeitsort
| together
|place of jurisdiction
|-
|-
| zwanzig  
|zwanzig
| twenty
|twenty
|-
|-
| zwanzigte  
|zwanzigte
| twentieth
|twentieth
|-
|-
| zwei  
|zwei
| two
|two
|-
|-
| zweihundert  
|zweihundert
| two hundred
|two hundred
|-
|-
| zwei tausend  
|zwei tausend
| two thousand
|two thousand
|-
|-
| zweite  
|zweite
| second
|second
|-
|-
| zweiundzwanzigste  
|zweiundzwanzigste
| twenty-second
|twenty-second
|-
|-
| Zwilling(e)  
|Zwilling(e)
| twin, twins
|twin, twins
|-
|-
| zwischen  
|zwischen
| between
|between
|-
|-
| zwölf  
|zwölf
| twelve
|twelve
|-
|-
| Zwölfer  
|Zwölfer
| member of a council
|member of a council
|-
|-
| zwölfte  
|zwölfte
| twelfth
|twelfth
|}
|}


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