| German
Occupations |
| Ackermann |
husbandman,
small farmer |
| Adeliger
Edelmann |
nobleman |
| Aderlasser |
barber, surgeon |
| Akadem,
Grad |
academic
graduate |
| Altbuergermeister |
former mayor |
| Amtmann |
magistrate,
provost, warden |
| Amtsknecht |
messenger,
servant |
| Amtsverwalter |
administrator |
| Anstreicher |
painter |
| Anwalt |
lawyer, guardian |
| Apotheker |
pharmacist |
| Arbeiter |
worker, laborer |
| Archivar |
archivist |
| Armer |
poor, beggar |
| Arzt |
physician |
| Aufseher |
supervisor |
| Auslaender |
foreigner |
| Auswanderer |
emigrant |
| Bader |
barber, surgeon |
| Baecker |
baker |
| Baeckergeselle |
Baker,
journeyman |
| Bankier,
Wechsler |
banker, money
changer |
| Barbier |
barber |
| Bartschere |
barber |
| Bauer |
farmer |
| Baumeister |
master builder,
construction supervisor, architect |
| Baumgaertner |
gardener,
orchard caretaker |
| Beamter |
official |
| Berater |
adviser or
counselor |
| Bergmann |
miner |
| Besenbinder |
broom maker |
| Betriebsleiter |
manager,
superintendent of merchant business |
| Bettler |
beggar |
| Beysass |
lay assessor |
| Bierbrauer |
beer brewer |
| Biersieder |
beer distiller |
| Bildhauer |
sculptor |
| Bildschnitzer |
wood carver |
| Binder |
binder |
| Bleicher |
bleacher |
| Bleigiesser |
lead smelter |
| Boettcher |
cooper |
| Bote |
messenger |
| Briefbote |
mailman |
| Brieftraeger |
mail carrier |
| Brueckenzoellner |
bridge toll
collector |
| Brunnenmeister |
supervisor of
well construction |
| Buchbinder |
book binder |
| Buchdrucker |
printer |
| Buechhaendler |
book dealer |
| Buchhalter |
bookkeeper |
| Buchmaler |
book illustrator |
| Buechsenmacher |
rifle maker,
gunsmith |
| Buechsenschmied |
gunsmith |
| Buerge |
sponsor |
| Buerger |
citizen |
| Buergermeister |
mayor |
| Buettel |
court official |
| Buettner |
cooper |
| Burgmann |
castle steward |
| Chirurg |
surgeon |
| Corporal |
corporal |
| Dachdecker |
roof tiler,
thatcher |
| Dechant,
Dekan |
dean (church or
university) |
| Deserteur |
deserter |
| Diener |
servant |
| Dienerin |
maid servant |
| Dragoner |
dragoon |
| Drechsler |
turner, thresher |
| Durchreisender |
stranger,
transient |
| Einnehmer |
collector |
| Einwohner |
inhabitant |
| Eisengiesser |
iron founder |
| Eisenhaendler |
iron monger |
| Eisenschmied |
black smith |
| Erzgraber |
ore miner |
| Erzieher |
educator |
| Fahnrich |
flag bearer
(military) |
| Fahrman |
ferryman |
| Faerber |
dyer |
| Fahnentraeger |
flag bearer |
| Faktor |
manager,
superintendent (merchant) |
| Feilenhauer |
file maker |
| Feldhueter |
field watchman,
field warden |
| Feldmesser |
surveyor |
| Feldwebel |
sergeant |
| Feuerwerker |
explosives
expert, maker of fireworks |
| Fischer |
fisherman |
| Flaschenmacher |
bottle maker |
| Fleischbeschauer |
meat inspector |
| Fleischer |
butcher |
| Flickschneider |
mending tailor |
| Floesser |
raftsman |
| Foerster |
forest ranger |
| Folterknecht |
executioner,
torturer |
| Fourier |
quartermaster
(for supply) |
| Fraeulein |
miss, young lady |
| Freibauer |
free farmer |
| Fremder |
stranger |
| Friseur |
barber |
| Fuerst |
prince |
| Fuhrmann |
coachman,
wagoner |
| Gaertner |
gardener |
| Gardist |
guardsman |
| Gastwirt |
innkeeper |
| Gaukler |
vagabond,
minstrel, magician |
| Geistlicher |
clergyman |
| Geldeinnehmer |
money collector |
| Gemeindediener |
beadle,
community messenger (servant of the mayor) |
| Gemuesegaertner |
market,
vegetable gardener |
| Gemuesehaendler |
green grocer,
grocer |
| Gerber |
tanner |
| Gerichtsbeisitzer |
associate judge |
| Gerichtsdiener |
servant in the
court (under bailiff) |
| Gerichtsschoeffe |
juror, assessor |
| Gerichtsverwandter |
court official |
| Gewuerzkraemer |
grocer, dealer
in spices |
| Giesser |
founder, caster,
molder |
| Glaeser |
glazier |
| Glasmaler |
glass painter |
| Gloeckengiesser |
bell founder |
| Glockner |
sexton, bell
ringer |
| Goldschmied |
goldsmith |
| Graf |
Count, earl |
| Greis |
old man |
| Grenadier |
grenadier,
infantryman |
| Grobschmied |
blacksmith |
| Gross-Herzog |
grand duke |
| Guertler |
brass founder,
brass worker |
| Gurspachter |
lessee of estate |
| Haendler |
dealer, trader,
merchant |
| Halbbauer |
half-farmer,
semi-farmer |
| Hammerschmied |
blacksmith |
| Handschuhmacher |
glove maker |
| Handwerker |
craftsman |
| Harfner |
musician,
harpist |
| Hauer |
miner |
| Hauptmann |
captain |
| Hausdiener |
servant |
| Hausgenosse |
house mate |
| Hausierer |
peddler |
| Haeusler |
cottager,
landless laborer |
| Hausmeister |
caretaker |
| Hebamme |
midwife |
| Heger |
game warden |
| Heizer |
stoker, fireman |
| Hemdenmacher |
shirt maker |
| Henker |
executioner,
torturer |
| Herr |
master, mister |
| Herzog |
duke |
| Heuerling |
hireling (day
laborer) |
| Hilfsgeistlicher |
assistant
clergyman |
| Hirt(e) |
herdsman,
shepherd (also pastor) |
| Hirtin |
herder, (female) |
| Holzhaendler |
lumber merchant |
| Holzhauer |
wood cutter |
| Hopfenbauer |
hop grower |
| Hornist |
bugler, horn
player |
| Hutmacher |
hat maker |
| Imker |
beekeeper |
| Inwohner |
inhabitant |
| Jaeger |
hunter |
| Jagdgenosse |
hunter's
assistant |
| Kaercher |
coachman |
| Kaerrner,
Karrer |
coachman |
| Kaemmerer |
chamberlain |
| Kammerdiener |
butler |
| Kalkbrenner |
lime burner |
| Kannengiesser |
pewterer |
| Kantor |
singer |
| Kanzleibeamter |
chancery clerk |
| Kaplan |
chaplain |
| Kaufmann |
merchant |
| Kellereiverwalter |
keeper of wine
cellar |
| Kellermeister |
keeper of wine
cellar |
| Kerkermeister |
jailer, gaoler |
| Kerzenzieher |
candlemaker |
| Kessler |
boilermaker,
tinker |
| Kettenschmied |
chainsmith |
| Kirchenschoeffe |
church assessor |
| Kistenmacher |
crate maker |
| Kisten-Truhenmacher |
cabinetmaker |
| Klempner |
tinsmith |
| Knappe |
squire |
| Knecht |
servant |
| Knopfmacher |
button maker |
| Koch |
cook |
| Koehler |
charcoal burner |
| Korbmacher |
basket maker |
| Korbflechter |
basket weaver |
| Kornhausverwalter |
granary
administrator |
| Kornmesser |
grain measurer |
| Kraemer |
peddler,
shopkeeper |
| Krankenwaerter |
male nurse |
| Kuchenbaecker |
confectioner |
| Kuefer |
cooper,
cellarman |
| Kuerschner |
furrier |
| Kuester |
church caretaker
or custodian |
| Kuhhirt |
cowherd |
| Kuhhirtin |
cowherd (female) |
| Kupferdrucker |
copperplate
printer |
| Kupferschmied |
coppersmith |
| Kupferstecher |
copperplate
engraver, etcher |
| Kutscher |
coachman |
| Laufer |
messenger |
| Laie |
layman |
| Landmann |
farmer |
| Landstreicher |
tramp |
| Lasttraeger |
porter |
| Lehnsmann |
vassal |
| Lehrer |
teacher,
educator |
| Lehrmeister |
master of trade |
| Leibeigner |
serf, bondsman |
| Leiermann |
organ-grinder |
| Leinenweber |
linen weaver |
| Leutnant |
lieutenant |
| Leutpriester |
lay priest |
| Lodenmacher |
maker of coarse
woolen cloth |
| Magd |
maidservant |
| Magister |
schoolmaster |
| Maier |
dairy farm
overseer |
| Maler |
painter |
| Maelzer |
beer distiller |
| Malzmueller |
malt miller |
| Marketender |
canteen
proprietor |
| Maurer |
mason |
| Messerschmied |
cutler |
| Metzger |
butcher |
| Milchhaendler |
milkman |
| Mueller |
miller |
| Muendel |
orphan, ward |
| Mundschenk |
butler,
cupbearer |
| Musiker |
musician |
| Musketier |
musketeer,
infantry soldier |
| Nachtwaechter |
night watchman |
| Nagelschmied |
nail smith |
| Notar |
notary, civil
lawyer, official scribe |
| Oberkoch |
master chef |
| Oberpfarrer |
head minister |
| Obstverkaeufer |
fruit salesman |
| Ochsenknecht |
cowherder |
| Orgelbauer |
organ builder |
| Ortsfremder |
stranger |
| Paechter |
lessee, tenant |
| Papierhaendler |
paper trader |
| Papiermacher |
paper maker |
| Pauker |
drummer |
| Pedell |
servant |
| Perrueckenmacher |
wigmaker |
| Pfandnehmer |
pawnbroker |
| Pfarrer |
minister, pastor |
| Pfaffkind |
minister's child |
| Pfefferhaendler |
pepper trader |
| Pfeifenmacher |
pipe maker |
| Pfeifer |
piper |
| Pferdeknecht |
ostler,
stableman, groom |
| Pflasterer |
paver |
| Pflugschmied |
plowsmith |
| Pfoertner |
porter |
| Posthalter |
keeper of post
station |
| Postreiter |
courier |
| Pottaschbrenner |
potash burner |
| Prediger |
preacher |
| Priester |
priest |
| Puppenmacher |
dollmaker |
| Quartiermeister |
quartermaster |
| Rat |
council |
| Ratsherr |
councilman |
| Ratsmitglied |
member of the
council |
| Ratsverwandter |
town council
assistant |
| Rechtsanwalt |
attorney |
| Reiter |
rider |
| Rekrut |
recruit |
| Richter |
judge |
| Riemschneider |
harness maker,
leatherworker |
| Ritter |
knight |
| Rittmeister |
captain (of
calvary) |
| Rotgerber |
tanner |
| Sackmacher |
sack maker |
| Saeger |
sawyer |
| Saenger |
singer |
| Salpetersieder |
Saltpeter boiler |
| Salzhaendler |
salt trader |
| Salzsteuereinnehmer |
salt tax
collector |
| Sattler |
saddlemaker |
| Schaefer |
sheepherder |
| Schaffer |
tub maker, vat
maker |
| Schafhirt |
sheepherder |
| Scharfrichter |
executioner |
| Schatzmeister |
treasurer |
| Schiffbauer |
shipbuilder |
| Schiffer |
sailor (inland
waters) |
| Schindelmacher |
shingle maker |
| Schirmmacher |
umbrella maker |
| Schleifer |
grinder |
| Schlosser |
locksmith |
| Schmelzer |
founder, caster,
molder |
| Schmied |
blacksmith |
| Schneider |
tailor |
| Schoeffe |
lay assessor |
| Schreiber |
clerk, scribe,
writer |
| Schreiner |
carpenter,
cabinet maker |
| Schriftsetzer |
typesetter |
| Schueler |
student |
| Schuhmacher |
shoemaker |
| Schulmeister |
schoolmaster |
| Schultheiss |
village mayor |
| Schuster |
shoemaker |
| Schutzverwandter |
stranger,
enjoying citizen rights |
| Schweinehirt |
swineherd |
| Seidensticker |
silk embroiderer |
| Seifensieder |
soap boiler |
| Seiler |
rope maker |
| Sichelschmied |
sickelsmith |
| Siebmacher |
sieve maker |
| Siedler |
settler |
| Silberschmied |
silversmith |
| Soeldner |
mercenary |
| Soldat |
soldier |
| Spangenmacher |
brass worker |
| Spiegelmacher |
mirror maker |
| Spielmann |
minstrel |
| Spitalpfleger |
male nurse |
| Sporenschmied |
spursmith |
| Stadtbote |
beadle (minor
city official) |
| Stutthaller |
governor |
| Stadtschreiber |
city clerk |
| Stallknecht |
stable servant |
| Steinbrecher |
stone crusher |
| Steinmetz |
stonemason |
| Steuereinnehmer |
tax collector |
| Strumpfweber |
stocking weaver |
| Tabaksteuereinnehmer |
tobacco tax
collector |
| Taglohner |
day laborer
(hireling) |
| Tierarzt |
veterinarian |
| Tischler |
cabinet maker |
| Toepfer |
potter |
| Totengraeber |
gravedigger |
| Treideler |
one who tows
ships in canal or river |
| Trommler |
drummer |
| Trompeter |
trumpeter |
| Trossknecht |
camp follower |
| Truchsess |
lord high
steward |
| Tuchhandler |
textile trader,
draper |
| Tuchmacher |
cloth maker |
| Tuchscherer |
clothcutter |
| Tuerhueter |
usher, doorman |
| Uhrmacher |
watchmaker |
| Untertan |
subject |
| Verkaufer |
salesman |
| Verwalter |
administrator |
| Verweser |
administrator,
regent |
| Veteran |
veteran |
| Viehhaendler |
cattle trader |
| Viehhirte |
cattle herder |
| Vizebuergermeister |
vice-mayor |
| Vikar |
vicar |
| Vogt |
warden,
governor, steward |
| Vormund |
guardian |
| Vorsteher |
foreman |
| Wachtmeister |
sergeant major |
| Wachter |
watchman |
| Waffenschmied |
gunsmith |
| Wagner |
wagon builder,
wagon maker |
| Waise |
orphan |
| Waisenpfleger |
orphan nurse |
| Waldhueter |
forest ranger |
| Weber |
weaver |
| Wechsler |
changer |
| Wegmacher |
path maker,
paver |
| Weinbauer |
wine farmer |
| Weinhaendler |
wine trader,
vintner |
| Weissgerber |
tanner |
| Wirt |
innkeeper |
| Wollenweber |
wool weaver |
| Wundarzt |
surgeon |
| Wurstmacher |
sausage maker |
| Zeidler,
Imker, Bienenz |
uechter
beekeeper |
| Zentgraf,
Hauptmann |
captain |
| Zeuge |
witness |
| Ziegelbrenner |
brick/tile
burner |
| Ziegeldecker |
brick tiler,
slater |
| Ziegler |
brickmaker |
| Zigeuner |
gypsy |
| Zimmermann |
carpenter |
| Zinkenist |
bugler |
| Zinngiesser |
tinfounder,
pewterer |
| Zirkleschmied |
compass smith |
| Zoellner |
toll collector |
| Zuckerbaecker |
confectioner |
| Zunftmeister |
master of a
guild |
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