Frequently Used Genealogy Terms
German to English Translations
| German |
English translation |
| Ahnentafel |
ancestor chart |
| alleinstehende |
single |
| aus |
from |
| Bauer |
farmer |
| begrabed |
buried |
| begrabnis |
burial |
| beruf |
profession |
| Bruder |
brother |
| dritten |
3rd |
| eingeheiratet |
married into |
| Eltern |
parents |
| ersten |
1st |
| Frau |
wife |
| friedhof |
cemetery |
| garbdenkmal |
gravestone |
| geborn |
born |
| gestorben |
died |
| geschieden |
divorced |
| getauft |
baptized |
| getraut |
married |
| Gevatter or Pate |
godfather |
| Gevatterin or Patin |
godmother |
| grab |
grave |
| Groß |
large |
| Jahr |
year |
| Jung |
young |
| Junge or Knabe |
boy |
| Kinder |
children |
| Klein |
little, small |
| ledig |
single |
| Mädchen |
girl |
| männlich |
male |
| Meyer |
farmer |
| Mutter |
mother |
| Onkel |
uncle |
| nach |
to |
| neugeboren |
newly born |
| Schröder/Schroeder |
tailor |
| Schuster |
shoemaker |
| Schwager |
brother-in-law |
| Schwester |
sister |
| Schwiegersohn |
son-in-law |
| Sohn, Söhne |
son |
| Stiefkinder |
stepchildren |
| Stiefsohn |
stepson |
| Tante |
aunt |
| Tochter, Töchter |
daughter |
| unbekannt |
unknown |
| unehelich |
out of wedlock |
| unverheiratet |
unmarried |
| Vather |
father |
| Verbleib |
location |
| verzogen |
moved |
| verheiratet |
married |
| verlobt |
engaged |
| verwaist |
orphaned |
| verwitwet |
widowed |
| Vetter |
cousin |
| vorname |
first name |
| weiblich |
female |
| Witwe |
widow |
| Witwer |
widower |
| zweiten |
2nd |
