Common German Words A to Z

German Verbage A to Z
German Words That Begin With "B"

German - English

B. = Bezirk - district or area
BA. = Bezirksamt - district office
Bay. = Bayern - Bavaria
Bd. = Band - volume
Bhf. = Bahnhof - railroad station
Bkdo. = Bezirkskommando - military district command
bz. = beziehungsweise - or, respectively
Bäcker - baker
Bad - spa, resort
Badeort - spa, health resort
Bader - physician of the lower classes
Band - volume
Baptist - Baptist
Baron - baron
Bauer - farmer, peasant
Bayern - Bavaria
Beamter - official, registrar
Beck(er) - baker
beerdigt - buried
Beerdigung - burial, interm- ent
beglaubigt - certified, attested
begraben - buried
Begräbnis - burial
bei - at, in, by
Beichte - confession
beide - both
Beilage - supplement
Bekannte(r) - acquaintance
Bekehrung - conversion
Beklagter(in) - defendant
Belege - proof, documentation
Bemerkungen - remarks
Berg - hill, mountain
Bergmann - miner
Beruf - occupation, profession
Beschreibung - description
Besitzer - possessor, proprietor, owner
Bestandmüller - mill tenant
bestätigt - confirmed, verified
bestattet - buried
bettlägerig - bedridden
Bettler - beggar
Bevölkerungsregister - population register
bevorstehend - previously mentioned
Bezirk - district
Biographie - biography
Bischof - bishop
Bistum - diocese
Blattern - smallpox
blutend - bleeding
Blütenmonat - May
Blutsverwandschaft - blood relationship
Böhmen - Bohemia
Bootsmann - bargeman, boatman
Böttcher - cooper, barrel maker
Brauer - brewer
Bräune - diphtheria
Braut - bride
Bräutigam - bridegroom
Brücke - bridge
Bruder - brother
Bub - boy
Buch - book
Büdner - cottager
Burg - castle, fortress
Bürger - burgher, citizen, citizens
Bürgerbuch - citizen register
Bürgermeister - mayor
Bursch, Pursch - young man
Büttner - barrel maker

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