GERMAN & ROMANIAN GLOSSARIES

GERMAN  TERMS

 aus -  out of, from
dessen or sein - his
dorf   -  village
ehemann   -  husband
eheschließung, heirat -  marriage
erster ehe  -  first marriage
geburt (geb.) - birth, born
gestorben -  died
großmutter -  grandmother
nach   -  to
neffe   -  nephew
nichte  -  neice
ohne altersangabe - without stating age
onkel  -  uncle
ort  -  place
sohn  -  son
stadt  -  town
stiefkinder  -  stepchildren
tante -  aunt
Töchter -  daughter
tod  -  death
übersiedelt - to move to, moving, moved
urgroßmutter - gr-grandmother
vater  -  father
verheiratet  -  married
vetter  -  cousin
von der dritten Frau - from his third wife
von derzweiten Frau - from second wife

     The above translations are not necessarily grammatically correct; they are intended to help the non-German-speaking researcher grope their way through the various changes of tense and construction of words in the German language.

ROMANIAN TERMS

                        (submitted by Alex Leeb)
animal - animal
biserică - church 
bunic, tată mare - grandfather 
bunică (f)  -  grandmother  
casă  - house 
document - document
două  - 2^nd, second
fermă  -  farm 
fermier - farmer 
fică (f)  fată (f)  copilă  (f) - daughter
fiu (m) copil (child), fecior - son
frate  - brother
judeţul  - county, district
mamă  - mother
naţiune, popar, tară (country) - nation 
naţonalitate  - nationality
natal, native, localnic - native
nepot (m), nepoată (f) - grandchild
oraş  -  city 
orfan pas-copil - orphan
orfan părinte - foster parents
pămînt - land 
preot, cleric - priest 
prim - 1^st, first  
religie - faith
sat, comună, localitate - village   
şcoală  -  school
soacră  - mother-in-law 
socru (m)  - father-in-law
soră - sister
soţ - husband
soţie - wife
tată  - father
treilea - 3^rd, third   

                    (submitted by Dawn Shirley)
dogter - daughter
man - husband
moeder - mother
seun - son
vader - father
vrou - wife

Aprilie - April
August - August
Decembrie - December
Februarie - February
Ianuarie - January
Iulie - July
Iunie - June
Mai - May
Martie - March
Noiembrie - November
Octombrie - October
Septembrie - September
 

The above translations are not necessarily grammatically correct; they are intended to help the non-Romanian-speaking researcher grope their way through the various  words in the Romanian language.

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