German Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions

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.  

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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.  

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

ca. = circa about <br>Chirurg surgeon <br>Christmonat December <br>Colonist settler, tenant farmer <br>copulieren to marry <br>cribrarius sieve maker (Latin)  

d. = der, dem, des, die, das the <br>Dachdecker roofer <br>dänisch Danish <br>das the <br>daselbst residing in this place <br>Datum date <br>Dekanat deanery <br>dem, den the <br>der the, of the <br>derselbe the same <br>des of the <br>deutsch German <br>Deutschland Germany <br>Dezember December <br>die the <br>Diener servant <br>Dienst service, employment <br>Dienstag Tuesday <br>Dienstmagd servant girl <br>dieser this, these <br>Domäne domain <br>Donnerstag Thursday <br>Dorf village <br>dort there <br>drei three <br>dreißig thirty <br>dreißigste thirtieth <br>dreiundzwanzigste twenty-third <br>dreizehn thirteen <br>dreizehnte thirteenth <br>dritte third <br>Duplikat duplicate record <br>durch through <br>Durchfall diarrhea  

ebenda at the same place <br>Ehe marriage <br>Ehebrecher adulterer <br>Ehebruch adultery <br>Ehefrau wife, housewife <br>Ehehindernis hinderance to marriage <br>ehel. = ehelich legitimate <br>eheleiblich legitimate <br>Eheleute married couple <br>ehelich legitimate <br>ehemals formerly <br>Ehemann husband <br>Ehepaar married couple<br>Ehescheidung divorce <br>Eheschließung marriage <br>Ehestand married state <br>Eheverkündigungen marriage banns <br>Eheversprechen, Eheverspruch betrothal, engagement <br>Eidam (Eidmann) son-in-law <br>Eigentümer proprietor <br>ein, eine a, one, an <br>Einbürgerung naturalization <br>Einlieger landless farm laborer <br>eins one <br>Einsender informant, declarant <br>eintausendachthundert eighteen hundred <br>eintausendfünfhundert fifteen hundred <br>eintausendneunhundert nineteen hundred <br>eintausendsechshundert sixteen hundred <br>eintausendsiebenhundert seventeen hundred <br>einunddreissig thirty-one <br>einunddreissigste thirty-first <br>einundzwanzigste twenty-first <br>Einwanderer immigrant <br>Einwanderung immigration <br>Einwilligung permission <br>Einwohner inhabitant <br>einzige only <br>Eisenbahn&nbsp;railroad<br>Eiterbeule abscess <br>elf eleven <br>elfte eleventh <br>Eltern parents <br>Enkel grandson <br>Enkelin granddaughter <br>Enkelkind grandchild <br>eod(em) the same <br>Epilepsie epilepsy <br>er he <br>Erben heirs<br>Erbschaft inheritance <br>erhalten received, receive <br>erklärt declared <br>Erlassung dispensation, permission <br>Ermächtigung authorization <br>Ernting August <br>errechnet approximated, calculated <br>erschien appeared <br>erste first <br>erstgeboren firstborn <br>ertrank, ertrunken drowned <br>erzeugen beget<br>erzeugt begat <br>es it <br>et uxor and wife (Latin)<br>evangelisch evangelical  

Kantor choirmaster, organist <br>Karpe&nbsp;carpenter<br>Karte map<br>Karrer&nbsp;carter<br>Kartei card index <br>Käthner cottager <br>katholisch Catholic <br>kaufen to buy <br>Kaufmann merchant <br>kein no, none <br>Keller&nbsp;wine steward<br>Kellner waiter, receiver of revenues; steward<br>Kessler kettlemaker; coppersmith<br>Keuchhusten whooping cough <br>Kiefer cooper, barrel maker <br>Kind baby, child <br>Kindbettfieber childbed fever <br>Kinder children <br>Kirche church <br>Kirchenältester churchwarden, church elder, vestryman <br>Kirchenbuch parish register <br>Kirchengemeinde parish <br>Kirchenpfleger churchwarden <br>Kirchenrodel parish register <br>Kirchensprengel parish <br>Kirchenvorsteher churchwarden <br>kirchlich pertaining to church <br>Kirchrat member of a church council <br>Kirchspiel parish <br>K.K. = kaiserlich königlich royal imperial <br>klein little, small <br>Knabe boy <br>Knecht servant, farmhand <br>Kolonist&nbsp;settler; colonist <br>Kommunikant communicant <br>Kommunion communion <br>Konfirmation confirmation <br>König king <br>königlich royal <br>Königreich kingdom <br>Kopulation marriage <br>kopulieren to marry <br>Kossät, Kossath cottager <br>Kötter (Kötner) small farmer, cottager <br>Krämer grocer, small retailer <br>Krämpfe cramps, convulsions <br>Krankheit disease, sickness <br>Krebs cancer <br>Kreis county, district <br>Krieg war <br>Kröger, Krogmann innkeeper<br>Küfer cooper, barrel maker <br>Kuhhirte cowherd <br>Kupferschmied coppersmith <br>Kurort spa, bath <br>Kusine female cousin <br>Küster sexton <br>Kutscher&nbsp;coachman  

nach to, after, according to <br>Nachbar neighbor <br>Nachbarschaft neighborhood <br>nachgelassen surviving <br>Nachlaß estate, inheritance <br>Nachmittag afternoon <br>nachmittags in the afternoon <br>nächst(e) next <br>Nacht night <br>Näherin seamstress <br>Name name <br>nat. = natus, nata born <br>neben next to <br>Nebenfrau concubine <br>Neffe nephew <br>Nervenfieber nervous fever, typhus <br>neu new <br>neun nine <br>neunte ninth <br>neunundzwanzigte twenty-ninth <br>neunzehn nineteen <br>neunzehnhundert nineteen hundred <br>neunzehnte nineteenth <br>neunzig ninety <br>neunzigste ninetieth <br>nicht not <br>Nichte niece <br>nichts nothing <br>nie never <br>nieder lower <br>N.N. = nomen nescio name not known  

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