Some Helpful German

Occupational Terms and Genealogical Terms
Occupational Terms
German     
Abdecker
Arbeiter
Arzt
Bauer 
Baumeister
Bäcker
Bürgermeister
Fischer
Fleischner
Förster
Fuhrmann
Goldschmied
Gutspächter
Hausierer
Jäger
Knecht
Landwirt
Lehrer
Maurer
Müller
Schäfer
Schlosser
Schneider
Schuhmacher
Schulmeister
Vogt
Weber
Zimmermann
Genealogical  Terms
German

Ahn
Ahnentafel
Alter
Base, Kusine, Vetter
begraben
Bruder
Ehefrau
Ehemann
Enkel
Enkelin
Eltern
Frau
Gatte, Gemahl
Gattin, Gemahlin
geboren
geschieden
getauft
Großmutter
Großvater
Heirat
Jüngling
Mutter
Neffe
Nichte
Schwester
Sohn
Tante
Tochter
starb
unehelich
unverheiratet
Urenkel
verheiratet
Vater
verlobt
Vorfahr
Waise
Witwe
Witwer
Zeuge
Zwilling
Source:
The Atlantic Bridge to Germany, Volume 1 -
Baden-Wuerttenberg by Charles M. Hall
Published by The Everton Publishers, Inc.
and Dr. D. D. Hook

English

ancestor
pedigree
age
cousin
buried
brother
wife
husband
grandson
granddaughter
parents
wife
husband
wife
born, née
dvorced
baptized
Grandmother
Grandfather
marriage
youth
mother
nephew
niece
sister
son
aunt
daughter
died
illegitimate
unmarried
great-grandson
married
father
engaged
ancestor
orphan
widow
widower
witness
twin

English     

(animal) skinner
worker
physician
peasant, farmer
contractor
baker
mayor
fisherman
butcher
forester
driver, wagoner
goldsmith
tenant farmer
pedlar
hunter, woodsman
farmhand
farmer
teacher
mason
miller
shepherd
locksmith
tailor
shoemaker
schoolmaster
estate foreman
weaver
carpenter
Note: German is a highly inflected language with three genders, four cases, multiple plural forms, and complex syntax.  Since most persons consulting the following list will not know the language, it seemed pointless to include gender markers, regular and irregular noun inflection, and plural forms.  It is probably enough that genealogical researchers can recognize some frequently occurring words. German nouns are always capitalized.  ~  Dr. D. D. Hook