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K


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

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