| Luxembourg |
English |
| huss/haus | house
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| huss/hausfrau | wife
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| inwohner/einwohner | inhabtiant, person who owns no property
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| jungfor/jungfrau | virgin; unmarried woman
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| kichler/kuchler | baker
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| kilche/kirche | church
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| kint/kind | child
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| knecht | servant; knight
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| lediges kind/uneheliches kind | illegitimate child
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| magt/magd | maid, maiden, female servant
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| maitschi/madchen | girl
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| mettz, merz/marz | march (the month)
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| mihle/muhle | mill
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| mihler, miller,moller, muhler/muller | miller
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| mulle/muhle | mill
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| nahme/name | name
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| pauer/bauer | peasent, farmer
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| peter. petter/pate | godfather
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| peterin, petterin/patin | godmother
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| pfefferkichler/pfefferkuchler | gingerbread baker
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| pur/bauer | peasant, farmer
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| schneider | tailor
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| schweche | weakness dood
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| seindt/sind | are, were, have, had
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| son, sun/sohn | son
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| suntag, suntig/sonntag | sunday
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| tagelehner/tagelohner | daily laborer
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| tael/tal | valley
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| thochter/tochter | daughter
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| uff/auf | on, on the, upon, at
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| urlauber | a person on vacation, on leave of absence
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| us, uss/aus | out, out of, from
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| welsch | foreign
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| ward/wurde | was
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| weibel.webel | sergeant
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| weyland/weiland | deceased
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| wolffmonath/wolfmonat, dezember | december
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| wymonet/weinmonat, oktober | october
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| ynsegnung/einsegnung | consecration (usually of a marriage)
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| zeyt/zeit | time
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| zieschtig, ziestag, zinstig/dienstag | tuesday
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| zimberman/zimmerman | carpenter
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| zwyling/zwilling | twin
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| ++ / ausgestorgen | line is extinct
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| (?) / fraglich | questionable or doubtful
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| ... / unbekannte angabe | unknown declaration
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| spons/sponatus,renate | baptized (christened)
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| spur/spurjus, spuria | illegitimate child
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| S.v / sohn von | son of
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| T.v / tochter von | daughter of
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| u.d. / und der | and of
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| unehel/unehelich | illegitimate
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| ux. / uxor | wife
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| Wwe. /witwe | widow
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| Wwer / witwer | widower
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| weibl. / weiblich | female
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| verh. / verheiratet | married
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| vid. / viduus, vidus | widower, widow
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| v. / von | of (if part of a nme, it usually signified nobility)
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| 7br, 7ber, 7bris, VIIber / septem, sieben, seven | september
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| 8br, 8ber, 8bris. Viiiber / octo, acht, eight | october
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| 9br, 9ber, 9bris, IXber / novem, neun, nine | november
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| Xbr, Xber, Xbris, 10ber / decem, zehn, ten | december
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| Xus or X9 / christus | christ
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| Xian, Xian9 / christian | christian
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| Xoph / Christoph | Christoph
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| +us or +9 / gestorben, mortuus | died
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| sonnefeld | surname
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| 7schuh /siebenschuh | surname
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| * (asterisk) /geboren | born
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| (*) / unehelich geboren | born illegitimate
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| +* /totgeboren | stillborn
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| ~ / getauft | baptized
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| ~ / getauft | christened (christening register)
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| o / verlobt | engaged
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| oo / verheirated | married (alos X is used)
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| o-o / freie verbindung | common law marriage (illegitimate)
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| + / gestorben | died
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| )( | divorce
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| P | father
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| M | mother
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| p | sponsor (male)
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| m | sponsor (female)
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| Cm | marriage contract
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| s.p. | dead without issue
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| s.a. | single, unmarried
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| ca 1800 | about 1800
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| fa | daughter of
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| fs | son of
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| vf | widower
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| vve | widow
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| naturel | illegitimate
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| modo | now,only, lately
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| seu | whether ...or
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| p.m. | deceased
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