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This Glossary is intended to help you find your way in German resources that do not offer this information in other languages. Please participate and add/edit the list as appropriate.
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There is also a much more extensive Glossary HERE.
This German list has been kindly provided by Daniel Schewe, one of the WikiTree Language_volunteers.
| Base {n. archaic} | cousin (female) |
| beerdigt {v.} | buried |
| Beerdigung {n.} | burial; interment |
| copuliert: | married (old form, not in use anymore but often found in church records) |
| Cousin/Cousine {n.} | cousin (male/female) |
| Ehe: | marriage |
| Ehefrau | wife |
| Ehemann | husband |
| Ehescheidung/Ehescheidungsklage (n.) | divorce/petition for divorce |
| Familienname | family name |
| geboren | born |
| Geburt | birth |
| geschieden {adj} /gesch./ | divorced /div./ |
| gestorben | died |
| getauft | christened; baptized; baptised |
| Heirat/Hochzeit | wedding |
| Jahr | year |
| Kind | child |
| Kirche | church |
| Kirchenbuch | church record |
| Konfirmation | Confirmation |
| Kusin/Kusine {n.} | cousin (male/female) |
| Monat | month |
| Mutter | mother |
| Nachname | last name |
| Onkel | uncle |
| scheiden (v.) | divorce |
| [ex.]:Sie ließen sich scheiden; Sie haben sich scheiden lassen. | They got divorced. |
| Sohn | son |
| Stammbaum | family tree |
| Standesamt | registry office |
| Tag | day |
| Tante | aunt |
| Taufe | baptism |
| Tochter | daugther |
| Tod | death |
| Vater | father |
| verehelicht/verheiratet | married |
| verwitwet | widowed |
| Vetter {n. archaic} | cousin (male) |
| Vorname | first name |
| Witwe(r) | widow(er) |
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