German Words That Begin With "H"
German - English
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Handzeichen - sign, symbol, mark
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Hann. = Hannover - Hanover
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Herrsch. = Herrschaft - manor, estate, domain
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herrschaftl. = herrschaftlich - (adj.) pertaining to the manor, estate, or domain (feudal Familiant)
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Hessen-N. = Hessen-Nassau - Prussian province of Hessen-Nassau
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hzl. = herzoglich - of the duke
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Hzt. = Herzogtum - duchy
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haben - to have
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halb - half
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halb drei - half three = 2:30 (time)
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halb eins - half one = 12:30 (time)
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halb zwei - half two = 1:30 (time)
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Halbbauer - small farmer
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Halbmeier - small farmer
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Halbzeugmacher - semi-finished product maker
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Hartung - January
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Händler - trader, merchant, peddler
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Haupt- - chief, main
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Haus - house
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Hausfrau - housewife
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Häusler - cottager
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Hausmädchen - housemaid
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Hebamme - midwife
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Heilquelle - spa, bath
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Heimat - home, native place, homeland
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Heimatschein, hmtsch - domicile or residency certificate
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Heimatsort - place of birth, home town
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Heirat - marriage
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heiraten - to marry
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Heiratsantrag - marriage intentions
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Heiratsbelege - marriage supplements
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Heiratskontrakt - marriage contracts
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Heiratsprotokolle - marriage records
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Heiratsschein - marriage certificate
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heißt - is named
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Hektar - hectare (10,000 square meters or 2.47 U.S. acres)
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Helfer - a helper, but in East Prussia a worker in a malt brewery
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Heraldik - heraldry
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Herkunftsort - place of origin
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Herr - Mister, Lord, lord
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Herrschaft - estate, dominion
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herrschaftlich - (adj.) pertaining to the manor, estate, or domain (feudal Familiant)
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Herzog - duke
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Herzogtum - duchy
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Hessische - Hessian
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Heuerling - dayworker, hireling
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Heuert, Heumonat - July
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heute - today
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hier - here
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hiesig, hiesige, hiesiger, hiesigen - local
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hiesiger Ort - this place
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Hinterbliebene - survivors
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hinterlassen - surviving, left behind
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Hirt - herdsman
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hitziges Fieber - burning fever, high fever
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hoch - high
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Hochzeit - wedding
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Hof - courtyard, farm, yard, estate
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Hofprediger - chaplain
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Holländer - Dutchman, dairykeeper
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Hollandgänger - seasonal migrant worker from Germany working in the Netherlands
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Hornung - February
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Hüfner - farmer
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Hufschmied - farrier, blacksmith
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Hügel - hill
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hundert - hundred
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Hurenkind - illegitimate child
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Husten - cough