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Danish
Genealogical Word List
   

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sabbat Sabbath
sadelmager saddler
salig deceased, blessed
samfund society
samme same
sammested same place
samtlige all
samtykke consent
seks six
seks og tyve twenty-six
seks og tyvende twenty-sixth
seksten sixteen
sekstende sixteenth
selv self
selvejer owner, freeholder
selvmord suicide
senere later
seng bed
sengeliggende bedridden
separeret separated
september September
side page
sidehus side house
sidste last
sig oneself
sin, sit, sine his/hers/its own
sindssyg mentally ill
sjette sixth
skarlagensfeber scarlet fever
skat tax
skedte happened
skibsfører ship's captain
skifte probate
skifteprotokoll probate record
skilsmisse divorce
skilt divorced
skole school
skomager shoemaker
skovfoged forest ranger
skriver scribe
skræder tailor
skøde deed (property)
slag stroke, blow
slagter butcher
slot castle
slægt family, lineage, relatives
slægtninge relatives
slægtsforskning genealogy
slå ihjel kill
smed smith
snart soon
snedker cabinetmaker
sogn parish
sognefoged constable, sheriff
soldat soldier
som as
sort black
spillemand musician, fiddler
spædbarn infant, baby
stambøger muster rolls
stamtavle descendancy chart
stand social position
sted place (location)
steddatter stepdaughter
stedfader stepfather
stedmoder stepmother
stedsøn stepson
stenhugger stonecutter
stervbo residence for probate
stifborn stepchild
stift diocese
stilling status, position, occupation
stor big, great
stum dumb (can't speak)
summa (Latin) totals
summarisk statistical
svag weak
svaghed weakness
svend journeyman
svensk Swedish
Sverige Sweden
svigerdatter daughter-in-law
svigerfader father-in-law
svigerinde sister-in-law
svigermoder mother-in-law
svigersøn son-in-law
svoger brother-in-law
svulst tumor
syd south
syersker seamstress
syg sick
sygdom disease
sypige seamstress
sytten seventeen
syttende seventeenth
syv seven
syvende seventh
syv og tyve twenty-seven
syv og tyvende twenty-seventh
sea, lake
sømand sailor
søn son
søndag Sunday
sønder southern
sønnedatter son's daughter
sønnekone son's wife
sønnesøn son's son
søskende siblings
søster sister
saw (see), if so, so, sow (seed)
sådan such
således thus

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