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| Dansk ord | Engelsk ord |
| afskediget | dismissed |
| alen | two feet |
| almisse | alms / handout / charity |
| almuemand | peasant |
| amt | county |
| aner | ancestors |
| år | year |
| båret af | carried by / godmother |
| barn | child, kids |
| bedsteforældre | grandparents |
| begrave | bury |
| begravelse (lagt i jorden) | burial |
| betler | begging, beggar |
| birk | judicial district, jurisdiction |
| bisættelse | ceremony before funeral |
| bødker | cooper |
| boelsmand | smallholder |
| Bogtrykker | printer |
| bonde | farmer |
| børn | children |
| broder | brother |
| broderdatter | niece |
| brodersøn | nephew |
| brud | bride |
| brudgom | (bride)groom |
| copuleret | married |
| daglejer | day labourer |
| Danmark | Denmark |
| dårekiste | madhouse, lunatic asylum |
| dårekistelem | lunatic |
| defektrice | assistant dispencer |
| degn | parish clerk |
| det er | this is |
| døbt | christened or baptised |
| død | dead |
| domkirke | cathedral |
| dragon | dragoon |
| dreng | boy |
| efterkommere | descendants |
| emigrere | emigrate |
| enke | widow |
| enkemand | widower |
| fabriksleder | factory manager |
| fadder | godfather |
| fæstebonde | copyholder |
| Fæstehusmand | |
| fæsteprotokoller | tenant register |
| fætter | cousin (male) |
| familie | family |
| far | father |
| farbroder, farbror | uncle (fathers brother) |
| farverkarl | dyer |
| fastelavnssøndag | quinquagesima |
| faster | aunt (fathers sister) |
| fattig | poor |
| fattiggård | workhouse, poorhouse |
| fattighjælp | poor relief |
| fattiglem | pauper |
| fisker | fisherman |
| fødesogn | native parish |
| fødestavn | native soil |
| født | born |
| foged | bailiff |
| folk | guy(ental) guys(fleretal) |
| folketælling | census |
| forældre | parents |
| forfatter | author |
| forlover | best man |
| formynder | guardian |
| frugthandler | fruiterer |
| frugtsommelig | pregnant |
| Fyn | Funen |
| Gaardmand | farmer |
| gammel | old |
| gård | farm |
| gårdejer | farm owner |
| gift | married |
| gjordemoder | midwife |
| glarmester | glazier |
| gods | estate |
| godsejer | landowner / squire |
| gravid | pregnant |
| gravsted | burial plot |
| guldbryllup | golden wedding |
| guldsmed | goldsmith/jeweller |
| haandarbejde | needlework |
| håndværker | artisan |
| håndværkerlaug | guild |
| håndværkersvend | journeyman |
| håndværksmester | master (of trade) |
| helligtrekongersdag | epiphany |
| herred | district |
| herregård | manor |
| herremand | lord of a manor |
| hjemmedåb | private baptism |
| hjulmager | weelwright |
| høst | harvest |
| høveder | head of cattle |
| hoveri | villeinage |
| husar | hussar |
| husbond til leje | husband and copyholder |
| husbonde | master / husband |
| husfader | head of the family |
| husjomfru | housekeeper |
| husmand | cottager |
| husmand | smallholder |
| husmandssted | smallholding |
| husmoder | mistress / housewife |
| hustru | wife |
| inderste | lodger |
| indkøber | purchaser |
| indsidder | tenant / renter |
| jævnførsel (-sregister) | index |
| jomfru | virgin |
| jordemoder | midwife |
| jul | christmas / xmas |
| juleaften | christmas eve |
| juledag | christmas day |
| Jylland | Jutland |
| kapellan | curate |
| karetmager | coachbuilder |
| karl | farmhand |
| kirke | church |
| kirkebog | parish record |
| kirkegård | cemetery |
| købe | buy |
| købmand | grocer |
| kommune | municipality? |
| kone | wife |
| konfirmation | confirmation |
| Kristi Himmelfartsdag | Ascension day |
| kusine | cousin (female) |
| kusk | coachman |
| ladefoged | steward |
| lægdsrulle | conscription register |
| lærling | apprentice |
| landarbejder | farm worker |
| langfredag | good friday |
| leje | hire / rent |
| lever af sin jordlod | lives from his plot |
| ligbåre | hearse |
| Ligsynsattest | |
| lysning | banns |
| madmoder | mistress |
| maler | painter |
| malkepige | milkmaid |
| mandtalslister | census lists |
| mark | field |
| matrikel | land register |
| matrikelnummer | title number |
| med | with |
| Mejerske | |
| mikkelsdag | michaelmas day |
| mølle | mill |
| møller | miller |
| møllerbetjent | miller |
| morbroder | uncle, mothers brother |
| moster | aunt (mothers sister) |
| murer | bricklayer |
| næstsøskendebarn | cousin |
| navn | name |
| ø | island |
| og | |
| oldeforældre | great grand parents |
| onkel | uncle |
| overdrev | common |
| på | on the table / in English / look at |
| påske | easter |
| pest | plague |
| pige | girl; (at marriage: a spinster) |
| pinse | whitsun |
| pinsedag | whit sunday |
| plejebarn | foster child |
| præst | vicar |
| quinde | woman |
| rebslager | ropemaker |
| register | index |
| ridefoged | bailiff |
| rigsdaler | rixdollar |
| sadelmager | saddler |
| sædegård | manor farm |
| salig | late (dead) |
| selvejer | freeholder |
| Sjælland | Sealand |
| skibsbygger | shipbuilder |
| skifte | probate |
| skifteprotokol | probate record |
| Skifteretsattest | certificate from court for division of estate |
| skilling | a coin |
| skilt | divorced |
| skoeflicker | shoemaker |
| skomager | shoemaker |
| skomagerdreng | shoemaker apprentice |
| skrædder | tailor |
| skudsmålsbog | report card |
| skudsmålsbog | conduct book |
| slægtninge | relatives |
| smed | blacksmith |
| smedje | smithy |
| socionom | social worker |
| søfarende | maritime |
| sogn | parish |
| sognefoged | parish executive officer |
| sognetræf | parish meeting |
| soldat | soldier |
| sømand / matros | sailor |
| søn | son |
| spillemand | fiddler |
| stamtræ | family tree |
| sted | place |
| svoger | brother in law |
| tiende | tithe |
| tigger | beggar |
| tilgangsliste | list of accessions |
| tillysning | |
| tømrer | carpenter |
| tønde land | measure of land = 1.363 acres |
| torv | place |
| træhest | wooden horse |
| træskomand | clog maker |
| trinitatis | trinity sunday |
| trolovelse | betrothal |
| tugthus | prison / jail |
| tyende | servant |
| uægte barn | nonmarital child |
| udflytter | resident of an outlying farm |
| udflyttergård | outlying farm |
| udvandring | emigration |
| ugift | single |
| ukendt | unknown |
| ungkarl | bachelor |
| vadmel | homespun |
| værge | guardian |
| væver | weaver |
| vielse | wedding |
| viet | married |
| ægteskab | marriage |