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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:  


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


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


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==== B  ====
==== B  ====


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| barrel maker
| barrel maker
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==== C  ====
==== C  ====


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| sieve maker (Latin)
| sieve maker (Latin)
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==== D  ====
==== D  ====


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| diarrhea
| diarrhea
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==== E  ====
==== E  ====


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| evangelical
| evangelical
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==== F  ====
==== F  ====
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| principality
| principality
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==== G  ====
==== G  ====


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| good
| good
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==== H  ====
==== H  ====


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| cough
| cough
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==== I  ====
==== I  ====


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| is
| is
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==== J  ====
==== J  ====


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| width="25%" | '''German'''  
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| June
| June
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==== K  ====
==== K  ====
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| coachman
| coachman
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==== L  ====
==== L  ====


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| Lutheran
| Lutheran
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==== M  ====
==== M  ====


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| Mother
| Mother
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==== N  ====
==== N  ====


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| only
| only
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==== O  ====
==== O  ====


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| Austrian
| Austrian
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==== P  ====
==== P  ====


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| provincial
| provincial
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==== R  ====
==== R  ====


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| Russia
| Russia
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==== S  ====
==== S  ====


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| son of
| son of
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==== T  ====
==== T  ====


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| tumor
| tumor
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==== U  ====
==== U  ====
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über  
über  


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| under, lower
| under, lower
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| Unterleib
| Unterleib  
| abdomen
| abdomen
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| Unterleibsentzündung
| Unterleibsentzündung  
| abdominal inflammation, peritonitis
| abdominal inflammation, peritonitis
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| Unterleibstyphus
| Unterleibstyphus  
| typhoid fever
| typhoid fever
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| Unterleibsverhärtung
| Unterleibsverhärtung  
| abdomenal hardening
| abdomenal hardening
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| wife
| wife
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==== V  ====
==== V  ====


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| suburbs, outskirts of town
| suburbs, outskirts of town
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==== W  ====
==== W  ====


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| widower
| widower
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==== X  ====
==== X  ====


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| December
| December
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==== Z  ====
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| twelfth
| twelfth
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