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.
In this list, optional versions of German words or variable endings are given in parentheses. Parentheses in the English column clarify the definition.
In German, some words have both a male and female form, such as:
| Burger
|
male citizen
|
| Burgerin
|
female citizen
|
This word list usually gives only the male form. You may find the female forms in most records.
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A
| ab
|
from, since
|
| Abend
|
evening
|
| abends
|
in the evening
|
| aber
|
but
|
| abgestorben
|
deceased
|
| absterben
|
to die, to die off
|
| acht
|
eight
|
| achte
|
eighth
|
| achtundzwanzigste
|
twenty-eighth
|
| achtzehn
|
eighteen
|
| achtzehnhundert
|
eighteen hundred
|
| achtzehnte
|
eighteenth
|
| achtzig
|
eighty
|
| achtzigste
|
eightieth
|
| Ackermann
|
farmer
|
| Adel
|
gentry, nobleman
|
| a.D. = außer Dienst
|
formerly employed, retired
|
| adoptiert
|
adopted
|
| Ahnen
|
ancestors
|
| Ahnentafel
|
pedigree chart
|
| Akten
|
documents
|
| alle
|
all
|
| allhier
|
in this place
|
| alt
|
old
|
| Altbürger
|
full citizen
|
| Alter
|
age
|
| Altersschwäche
|
weakness of old age
|
| ältest
|
eldest
|
| alt-katholisch
|
old Catholic
|
| Amman
|
bailiff, magistrate
|
| Amt
|
office, district
|
| Anbauer
|
peasant
|
| andere
|
other, next
|
| Angeber
|
informant
|
| angeblich
|
alleged, assumed
|
| Anmerkungen
|
remarks
|
| Anspänner
|
farmer
|
| apostolisch
|
Apostolic
|
| April
|
April
|
| Arbeiter
|
laborer, worker
|
| Archiv
|
archive
|
| arm
|
poor
|
| Armut
|
poverty
|
| Arzt
|
physician
|
| auch
|
also, too
|
| auf
|
on, upon, at
|
| aufbieten
|
post banns
|
| Aufenthaltserlaubnis
|
residence permit
|
| Aufenthaltsort
|
residence
|
| Aufgebot
|
publication of banns
|
| August
|
August
|
| aus
|
from, out of
|
| außen
|
outside
|
| äußere
|
outside, outward, external
|
| außerehelich
|
illegitimate
|
| Auswanderer
|
emigrant
|
| Auswanderung
|
emigration
|
| Auszehrung
|
consumption or emaciation (especially from TB)
|
| Auszug
|
extract
|
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