Vocabulary: Death
This is a list of common terms used in German death records. Like birth records, you may expect some of these terms to be used in the standard form records, however this table will be most useful for paragraph style records favored especially in German speaking churches in the United States. For diseases named under cause of death, see the Glossary of disease terms.
| German | English | Example |
| Abends | evening | 
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| Arzt | doctor | 
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| beerdigt | buried | 
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| begraben | buried | 
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| Begräbnis | burial | 
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| Friedhof | cemetery | 
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| früh | early | 
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| Erbeschaft | inheritance | 
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| gestorben | deceased | 
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| Gottesacker | cemetery | 
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| heute | today | 
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| morgens | in the morning | 
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| Kirchhof | cemetery | 
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| Krankenhaus | hospital | 
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| Krankheit | illness | 
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| Monat(e) | Month(s) | 
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| Nachmittags | in the afternoon | 
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| sterben | die | 
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| Tag | day | 
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| Tod | 
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| Todesursache | cause of death | 
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| tot | dead | 
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| Totenregister | death register | 
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| Totgeboren | stillborn | 
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| überlebenden | surving | 
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| Uhr | hour | 
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| vormittags | before noon | 
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| weiland | deceased | 
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| Woche | week | 
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