Vocabulary: Marriage
This is a list of common terms used in German Marriage 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.
| German | English | Example |
Braut | bride | 
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| Bräutigam | groom | 
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| copuliert | married | 
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| Ehe | marriage | 
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| Einwilligung | permission | 
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| evangelisch | evangelical | 
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| Frau | woman | 
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| heiraten | marry | 
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| hinterlassen | left behind | 
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| Jungfer | single woman | 
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| Jungfrau | virgin | 
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| Junggeselle | bachelor | 
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| katholisch | catholic | 
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| Kirche | church | 
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| ledig | single | 
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| mit | with | 
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| Aufgebot | bann | 
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| Religion | religion | 
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| Scheidung | divorce | 
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| unverheiratet | unmarried | 
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| verstorben | deceased | 
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| weiland | deceased | 
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| Wittwe | widow | 
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| Wittwer | widower | 
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| wohnhaft | resident | 
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