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Terminology found
in Burial/Death records in German Church Books
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German Word List
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English Translation
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Abgestorben
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Dead
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Absterben
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To die off
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Alter
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Age
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Beerdigt
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Buried
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Beerdigung, die
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Funeral, burial,
interment
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Begraben
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Buried, to bury.
(Entry from
an 1860 Church Record in Münster, Switzerland)
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Begräbnis, das
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Funeral, burial,
interment
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Begräbnisse, die
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The funerals
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Begräbnisstätte, die
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Burial place
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Bestatten
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To bury
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Bemerkungen
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Notes,
remarks.
(Entry from
a church in New York)
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Bestattet
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To bury
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Dasselbe
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Idem, the
same. |
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dito
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ditto
(entry from a church in Prussia) |
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do.
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ditto,
abbreviation of "dito"
(entry from a church in Prussia) |
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Ebenfalls |
adverb meaning in a similar manner; also
Probably means "same
as above" when seen in lists
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Eltern, die
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Parents
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Friedhof, der
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The cemetery.
(Entry from
a church in New York)
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Geburtsort
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Town where born
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Gestorben
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Dead
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Desgleichen
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Likewise, idem, the same. |
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Gottesacker
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Cemetery,
God's acre, God's field.
(Entry from
a church in New York) |
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Hinterbliebene, der
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Surviving dependant, bereaved
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Hinterlassen
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To leave behind, to will
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Idem
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Idem, the same
as previously given or mentioned.
(entry from a church in Prussia) |
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Kirchenjahr, das
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Church year, ecclesiastical
year
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Kirchhof, der
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The churchyard, graveyard
(Entry from
a church in Wisconsin)
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Krankheit
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Sickness, disease, ailment
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Leiche, die
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Corpse, body
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Leichenrede,
die
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Funeral sermon
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Letzte Ölung
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Last rites, extreme unction
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Letzter Wille
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Last will, testament
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Nachgelassen
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Posthumous
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Prediger,
der
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Preacher
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Starb
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Died
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Sterbefall, der
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Death
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Sterben
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To die
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Tod, der
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Death, demise
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Todes, des
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The deaths
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Todesart, die
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Manner of death.
(Entry from
an 1860 Church Record in Münster, Switzerland)
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Todesfall, der
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Death, fatality
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Tot
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Dead
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Tote, der
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The dead
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Toten, die
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The dead
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unbekannt
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unknown
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unbenannt
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innominate, unnamed.
(entry from a church in Prussia)
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unbestimmt
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undetermined.
(entry from a church in Prussia)
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Vergraben
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To bury
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Verstorben
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Deceased
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Verstorbene, der
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The deceased
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Verstorbenen, die
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Decedents
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Verwitwet
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Widowed
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Wille, der
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Will
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Witwe, die
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Widow
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Witwer, der
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Widower
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Zufall
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Accident
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