German Words That Begin With "S"
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S. = Seite - page
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s. = siehe - see the following reference
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Sachsen - Saxony
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Sackhuhn - sailmaker
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Säger - sawyer
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Salbung - anointing
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Salzmesser - a salt weigher
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Salzvogt - salt works overseer
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Samstag - Saturday
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Sarkhauer - stonemason
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Satertag - Saturday
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Sattler - saddler, leather worker
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Schacherer - peddler
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Schäfer - shepherd
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Schaffer - worker; laborer; administrator
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Schäf(f)ler - cooper
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Schaffmann - worker
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Schaffner - conductor
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Schaalbelehnter, Schalbelehnter - one who works with scales, a weigher
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Schalck, Schall - servant
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Scharlach, Scharlachfieber - scarlet fever
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Schänker / Schenker tavernkeeper; - an innkeeper who taps beer or wine
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Scharnemann - merchant in a market
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Scharrmacher - wagon builder
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Scharwerker - day laborer on a farm
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Schatter, Schattmann - tax assessor
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Schatzmann moneychanger; - treasurer
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Schatzmeister - treasurer
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Scheibenreisser - glazier
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Scheibler - salt carrier
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Scheiding - September
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Scheidler - knife-blade maker
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Scheidung - divorce
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Schein - certificate
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Schenkungen - donations
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Scherer - barber; beardcutter; cloth cutter
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Schichtmeister - mine paymaster
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Schiffbauer - shipbuilder
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Schiffer - shipper; seaman
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Schiffmann - sailor
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Schiffsmakler - shipbroker; shipping agent
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Schilderer - sign painter
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Schindeldecker - roofer of shingle roofs
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Schindelmacher - shingle maker
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Schinner - renderer, skinner
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Schirmmacher - umbrella maker
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Schirrmacher - wagon maker
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Schirrmeister - master wagon maker
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Schlachter, Schlächter - butcher
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Schlachtmann - butcher
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Schlachtwanter - clothing wholesaler
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Schlafbaas - innkeeper
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Schlaganfall - stroke, seizure
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Schlagfluß - stroke
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Schlieper - knifemaker; cutler
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Schlieter - merchant
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Schloß - castle
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Schlosser - locksmith
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Schlotfeger - chimneysweep
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Schlotthauer - locksmith
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Schmied - smith
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Schneide Müllergeselle - sawmiller's assistant
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Schneider - tailor
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Schnitzer, Schnitzler - woodcarver
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Schopper - ship's carpenter
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Schornsteinfeger - chimneysweep
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Schosserheber - tax collector
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Schösser - tax collector
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Schotte - peddler
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Schottler - turner; key maker
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Schottilier - turner; carpenter
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Schreiber - scribe, clerk
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Schreiner - cabinetmaker, joiner
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Schriftsetzer - typesetter
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Schroder, Schröder - tailor
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Schröer - tailor
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Schröter - tailor; carter; driver; cooper
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Schubarth, Schuberth, Schubring - shoemaker
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Schuchard, Schucherd, Schuchmann, Schuckert - shoemaker
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Schuhmacher - shoemaker, cobbler
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Schule - school
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Schullehrer - schoolteacher
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Schultheiß, Schulze - village mayor, head of town council
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Schüssler - bowl maker
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Schuster - shoemaker, cobbler
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Schuwarte - shoemaker
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Schwäche - weakness
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Schwager - brother-in-law
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Schwägerin - sister-in-law
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Schwaiger - shepherd
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schwanger - pregnant
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schwarz - black
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schwarzer Tod - black death; plague
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Schwarzgiesser - iron smelter
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Schwein(e)hirt(h) - pigherd
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Schweisser - welder
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Schweiz - Switzerland
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Schweizer - Swiss; also a dairyman
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Schwendimann - settler on recently burned woodland
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Schwerdtfeger - armorer
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Schwester - sister
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Schwiegermutter - mother-in-law
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Schwiegersohn - son-in-law
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Schwiegertochter - daughter-in-law
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Schwiegervater - father-in-law
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Schwindsucht - consumption
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S.d. = Sohn des, der - son of
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See - lake
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Seelen - souls
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Seelenregister - church membership list
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Seelsorger - minister, chaplain
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Seemann - sailor
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Segner - fisherman
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Seifensieder - soap maker
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Seigner - fisherman
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Seiler - rope maker
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sein - to be; his
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seit - since
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(mütterlicher/väterlicher) Seits - on the (maternal/paternal) side
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Seite - page
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Seitenstechen - stitch, pain in the side
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selige - (the) late, blessed
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September - September
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Sibber - sieve maker
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Sibmacher - sieve maker
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sich - himself, herself, itself
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sie - she, they
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Sie - you
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Sieder - soap maker
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Siedler - ettler
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siehe - see
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Sigrist - sexton
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sind - are
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so - as, so, thus, such
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Sohn - son
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Söhnlein, Söhnchen - young son
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Soldat - soldier
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Sölde - plot of land
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Söldner - mercenary soldier, day laborer, or farmer
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sollen - should
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Sonnabend - Saturday
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Sonntag - Sunday
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spät - late (p.m.)
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Spengler - plumber; tinsmith
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spur. = spurius, spuria - illegitimate
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Staat - state
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Staatsangehörigkeit - citizenship, nationality
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Staatsarchiv - state archives
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Stadt - city
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Stammbaum - family tree, pedigree
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Stand - occupation, status, condition
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Standesamt - civil registrar’s office
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starb - died
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Steinhauer - stonecutter
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Steinmetz - stonemason
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stellen - place, put, impose
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Stellmacher - wheelwright
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Sterbefälle - deaths
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sterben - to die
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Steuer - tax
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Stickfluß - asthma
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Stiefbruder - half brother, stepbrother
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Stiefkind - stepchild
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Stiefmutter - stepmother
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Stiefschwester - half sister, stepsister
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Stiefvater - stepfather
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Stillgeburt - stillbirth
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Straße - street
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Stunde - hour
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Sucht - sickness, mania, rage
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Süden - south
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S.v. = Sohn von - son of