Daily AncestorGerman words in old records
geboren, getauft, Pate, ledig: the German of church books, emigration papers and gravestones. Free to print and share. Full explanations: dailyancestor.com/dictionary/german
- -ten
- Ordinal ending in dates (third, twentieth)
- Altersschwäche
- Weakness of old age
- Auswanderung
- Emigration
- Bauer
- Farmer holding a farm
- begraben
- Buried
- Brachmonat
- June
- Christmonat
- December
- copuliert
- Married (old church word)
- Dienstag
- Tuesday
- Donnerstag
- Thursday
- Ehefrau
- Wife
- Eheleute
- Married couple
- ehelich
- Legitimate, born in wedlock
- Eltern
- Parents
- ev.
- Protestant
- Freitag
- Friday
- geb.
- Born, or née before a maiden name
- geboren
- Born
- Gemeinde
- Municipality, community or congregation
- gestorben
- Died
- getauft
- Baptized
- Hebamme
- Midwife
- Heimatschein
- Certificate of home community and citizenship
- Heumonat
- July
- Hof
- Farm or farmstead
- Hornung
- February
- Häusler
- Cottager with little or no land
- Jänner
- January
- kath.
- Catholic
- Kirchenbuch
- Church book, parish register
- Kirchspiel
- Parish (the area served by one church)
- Knecht
- Male farm servant, farmhand
- Konfirmation
- Protestant confirmation at about 14
- ledig
- Single, never married
- Magd
- Female farm or house servant
- Mittwoch
- Wednesday
- Montag
- Monday
- Nottaufe
- Emergency baptism
- Pfarrer
- Parish pastor or priest
- Proklamation
- Marriage banns
- Schwindsucht
- Consumption, tuberculosis
- Sohn
- Son
- Sonnabend
- Saturday
- Sonntag
- Sunday
- Stand
- Status, rank or occupation
- Standesamt
- Civil registry office
- Tagelöhner
- Day laborer paid by the day
- Taufpate
- Godparent at a baptism
- Taufschein
- Baptismal certificate
- Tochter
- Daughter
- Totgeburt
- Stillbirth
- Trauung
- Wedding ceremony
- unehelich
- Illegitimate, born out of wedlock
- verh.
- Married (abbreviation)
- Weinmonat
- October
- Witwe
- Widow
- Witwer
- Widower
- Wohnort
- Place of residence
- Ww.
- Widow or widower (abbreviation)
- Zwillinge
- Twins