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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