Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with A
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| Swedish | English |
| adelsman | nobleman |
| arton(de) | eighteen (eighteenth) |
| adlig | noble |
| adopterad | adopted |
| adress | address |
| adressbok | directory |
| afton | evening |
| aldrig | never |
| alla, allt | all |
| alltid | always |
| andra | second, others |
| andtäppa | shortness of breath, asthma |
| anfall | seizure(s) |
| angiven | given, stated |
| ankom | came, arrived |
| anmärkningar | remarks, annotations |
| annan | other |
| antavla | pedigree chart |
| anteckning | note, annotation, remark |
| april | April |
| arbetare | worker, laborer |
| arkiv | archive |
| arrendator | tenant farmer, leaseholder |
| arton | eighteen |
| arv | inheritance |
| arvinge | heir |
| arvskifte | distribution of an inherited estate |
| att | that (for example: know that he died) |
| attest | certificate |
| augusti | August |
| av | of |
| avgift | fee |
| avgång | departure |
| avgått | moved |
| avgått med döden | died (departed through death) |
| avliden | deceased, death |
| avskedad | discharged, resigned |
| avsomna | die, death |
| avvittring | assignment of an inheritance to children of first marriage |
References[edit | edit source]
Family History Department. Genealogical Word List, Swedish. Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, 1997