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GERMAN - ENGLISH DICTIONARY
A partial listing of some basic genealogical terms in German, with
English equivalents.
The umlaut (") is used with "a", "o", and "u". When non-German
typewriters are used, the equivalents are: "æ",
"œ", and "ue".
In German, all nouns as well as proper
names, are capitalized.
| NUMERALS |
KALENDER
(months) |
ein (1)
zwei (2)
drei (3)
vier (4)
fünf (5)
sechs (6)
sieben (7)
acht (8)
neun (9)
zehn (10)
elf (11)
zwölf (12)
dreizehn (13)
vierzehn (14)
fünfzehn (15
sechzehn (16)
siebzehn (17)
achtzehn (18)
eunzehn (19)
zwanzig (20) |
Januar
Februar
März
April
Mai
Juni
Juli
Augustus
September
Oktober
November
Dezember(days of
week)
Sonnntag
Montag
Dienstag
Mitwoch
Donnerstag
Freitag
Samstag (esp. southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
Sonnabend (esp. northern and central Germany |
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Base = a) female cousin
= b) aunt (esp. in south)
Bruder = brother
Ehegatte or Ehemann = husband
Ehegattin or Ehefrau = wife
Eltern = parents
Enkel or Enkelsohn = grandson
Enkelin or enkeltochter = granddaughter
Frau = wife or woman
Gatte = husband
Gattin = wife
Groszmuter = grandmother
Groszvater = grandfather
Junggeselle = bachelor
Junggesellin = spinster
Kind = child
Kinder = children
Kusin = male cousin
Kusine = female cousin
Mann = husband or man
Muter = mother
Muhme = female cousin, aunt, other older female relative
Neffe = nephew
Nichte = niece
Ohm = uncle (esp. s. w. Germany)
Onkel = uncle
Schwester = sister
Schwiegersohn = son-in-law
Sohn = son
Tante = aunt
Tochter = daughter
Vater = father
Vetter = male cousin
Vorname = given or Christian name
Zuname = last name
Zwilling = twinIf you find several different German
words that mean the same thing, it is probably due to
different geographic variations. These are
especially found in letters or other forms of
correspondence as opposed to official forms and letters. |
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