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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