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==== Danish-German Dialect  ====
==== Danish-German Dialect  ====


Regions of southern Denmark north of Germany use a mixture of Danish and German words in cenus and church records.  German letters ä, ö, ü are used instead of the Danish letters ø and å. Common Danish names have German variants: Jørgen is written Jürgen or Jörgen. Census records have the German "ihres kinder" for their children;  German "tochter" for daughter instead of the Danish "datter". German "schwester" for sister.  If a word doesn't translate from Danish to English, check for translation from German.  
Regions of southern Denmark north of Germany use a mixture of Danish and German words in cenus and church records.  German letters ä, ö, ü are used instead of the Danish letters ø and å. Common Danish names have German variants: Jørgen is written Jürgen or Jörgen. Census records have the German "ihres kinder" for their children;  German "tochter" for daughter instead of the Danish "datter". German "schwester" for sister.  German "frau" for female.  If a word doesn't translate from Danish to English, check for translation from German.


==== <br> '''Alphabetical Order'''  ====
==== <br> '''Alphabetical Order'''  ====
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