Common German Words A to Z

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

German - English

• G. = Gericht - court
• geb. = geboren - born, maiden name
• Gem. = Gemeinde - community, municipality, parish, town
• gest. = gestorben - died
• get. = getauft - baptized, christened
• gez. = gezeichnet - signed
• Gr. = Groß - Great (part of place name)
• Gärtner - gardener
• Gastwirt - innkeeper
• Gatte - husband
• Gattin - wife
• geben, gab - given, gave
• Gebiet - region, area, zone
• geboren - born, maiden name
• Gebühren - fees
• Geburt - birth
• Geburtsort - place of birth
• Geburtsschein - birth certificate
• Geburtsurkunde - birth certificate
• gegen - against, towards
• (im) Gegenwart (der) - (in the) presence (of)
• gegenwärtig - currently
• geheiratet - married
• gehört - belongs (to)
• Geistliche(r) - clergyman
• Gelbsucht - jaundice
• Geld - money
• Gemahl(in) - spouse, husband, wife
• Gemeinde - community, municipality, parish, town
• Gemeindemann - village official, village resident
• Gemeindsmann - citizen with full rights
• gemelli - twins
• genannt - named, alias, called
• Genealogie - genealogy
• Gerber - tanner
• Gericht - court
• Gerichtsmann - juryman
• Gerichtsschöffe - member of the court
• Gerichtsschöppe - member of the court
• Gerichtsschreiber - court clerk
• Gerichtsverwandter - member of the judicial court
• gesagt - said, stated
• Geschichte - history
• geschieden - divorced
• Geschlecht - gender, sex, lineage
• Geschlechterbücher - lineage books
• Geschlechtsname - surname
• Geschwister - siblings, brothers and sisters
• Geschwisterkind - sibling's child (nephew, niece)
• Geschwulst - swelling, tumor
• Geselle - journeyman
• Gesellschaft - society, group
• Gesetz - law
• gesetzlich - legal
• gestern - yesterday
• gestorben - died
• Getaufte - person who was baptized
• getr. = getraut - married
• Getraute - married couple
• Gevatter - godfather
• Gewerbe - trade, occupation
• gewerblos - without occupation
• Gicht - gout, arthritis
• Gilde - guild
• Glaser - glazier
• Glasermeister - master glazier
• Glaube - belief, faith
• Glauben - religious affiliation
• gleich - same, alike, similar, right away
• Gode - godmother
• Graf count - (nobleman), earl
• Grafschaft - county
• Grenze - border
• groß - big, great, large
• Großeltern - grandparents
• großjährig - of age
• Großmutter - grandmother
• Großneffe - great-nephew
• Großnichte - great-niece
• Großvater - grandfather
• Grundbuch - land register
• Gulden - standard monetary unit, florin
• Gürtler - maker of straps and belts
• Gut - property, estate
• gut - good
• Gutsbesitzer - Estate Owner
• Gutsverwalter - Estate Manager

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