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Genealogy Basic Genealogical Vocabulary
 

Family relationships and ceremonies

 

Ableben

death

Ätti

father

ausserehelich

illegitimate

Base

cousin (f)

beerdigt

buried

Beerdigung

buried

beerd.

buried

begr.

buried

begraben

buried

Begräbnis

burial

Bruder

brother

Bub

boy

Bueb

boy

Cousin

cousin (m)

Cousine

cousin (f)

Ehefrau

wife

Ehegatte

husband

Ehegattin

wife

Eheleute

married couple

eheleiblich

legitimate

ehelich

legitimate

Ehemann

husband

Ehepaar

married couple

Ehescheidung

divorce

Eheschliessung

marriage

Eheweib

wife

Eltern

parents

Enkel

grandson

Enkelin

granddaughter

Enkelkind

grandchild

Gatte

husband

Gattin

wife

geb.

born

geboren

born

Geburt

birth

Gemahl

husband

Gemahlin

wife

geschieden

divorced

Geschwister

siblings

Geschwisterkinder

cousins

gest.

died

gestorben

died

get.

baptized

getauft

baptized

getr.

married

getraut

married

Gev.

sponsor, godparent

Gevatter

sponsor, godparent

Götti

godfather

Grossätti

grandfather

Grosi

grandmother

Gotti

godmother

Grosskind

grandchild

Grossmutter

grandmother

Grossvater

grandfather

Heirat

marriage

heiraten

marry

Hochzeit

marriage

K

child, children

Kind

child

Kinder

children

Knabe

boy

Kusine

cousin (f)

M

mother

Mädchen

girl

Mann

husband

männlich

male

Meiteli

little girl

Meitli

girl

Meitschi

girl

Muhme

aunt

Mutter

mother

Neffe

nephew

Nichte

niece

Oheim

uncle

Onkel

uncle

Pate

sponsor, godparent (m)

Patenbrief

baptismal certificate

Patin

sponsor, godmother

S

son

Scheidung

divorce

Schwester

sister

Sohn

son

Söhnlein

son

Sterbefall

death

T

daughter

Tante

aunt

Taufe

baptism

Taufpate

sponsor, godparent

Taufpatin

sponsor, godmother

Taufzeuge

sponsor, godparent

Taufzeugin

sponsor, godmother

Tochter

daughter

Töchterlein

daughter

Tod

death

Todesfall

death

trauen

marry

Trauung

marriage

uneheleiblich

illegitimate

unehelich

illegitimate

Urgrossmutter

Great-grandmother

Urgrossvater

Great-grandfather

V

father

Vater

father

verehel.

married

verehelichen

marry

Verehelichung

marriage

verh.

married

verheiraten

marry

verm.

married

Vermählung

marriage

vermählen

marry

verstorben

died

verw.

widowed

verwitwet

widowed

Vetter

cousin (m)

Weib

wife

weiblich

female

Witwe

widow

Wwe

widow

This information is based on http://www.genealogienetz.de/faqs/sgg.html

 
 
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