This general word list includes words commonly seen in genealogical sources. Numbers, months, and days of the week are listed both here and in separate sections that follow this list.
Parentheses in the English column clarify the definition.
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AA
See Å.
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A
| Danish
|
English
|
| absolvere
|
to give absolution
|
| adel
|
nobility
|
| adelig
|
noble
|
| adelsmann
|
nobleman
|
| adopteret
|
adopted
|
| adresse
|
address
|
| af
|
of, at, by, from
|
| afdeling
|
part, division, portion
|
| afdød
|
deceased
|
| afgangne
|
departed
|
| afgangsliste
|
moving-out record
|
| afgift
|
duty, monetary fee
|
| aften
|
evening
|
| aftægt
|
support received after giving up an estate
|
| alder
|
age
|
| alderdomssvaghed
|
weakness from old age
|
| aldri
|
never
|
| alle
|
all
|
| almisse
|
charity
|
| alt
|
all
|
| altid
|
always
|
| amt
|
county
|
| amtmand
|
chief county administrator
|
| anden
|
second
|
| anden, andet
|
second, another
|
| anden gang
|
second time
|
| andre
|
others
|
| anetavle
|
pedigree
|
| anfald
|
seizures
|
| anførelse
|
statement, quotation
|
| anført
|
entered, mentioned
|
| ankomst
|
arrival
|
| anmærkning
|
remark, notice, note
|
| anno (Latin)
|
year
|
| antal
|
number, count
|
| april
|
April
|
| arbejder
|
laborer
|
| arkiv
|
archive
|
| arv
|
inheritance
|
| arve
|
inherit
|
| atten
|
eighteen
|
| attende
|
eighteenth
|
| attest
|
certificate
|
| august
|
August
|
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