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German Occupations (Berufe)

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Abbauer - tenant on a (new, split-off) farm; heir with a small part of a farm (usually a second son)
Abdecker - skinner
Abendmahlgast - communicant
Abenteurer - jeweler; adventurer (also "Abentuerer)
Ablader - longshoreman
Abnahmemann - retired farmer on life estate
Abnehmer - photographer
Abschiedsmann - Man retired on life estate
Abstreifer - renderer; knacker; flayer; roof-uncoverer
Accisenschreiber - tax clerk
Achatschleifer - agate polisher
Achtbuerger - one of eight citizen representatives; citizen (bourgeoisie, not a guild member)
Achtelbauer - farmer on 1/8 of a full-sized farm
Achtelhufner - farmer on 1/8 of a full-sized farm
Achter - Juryman
Achtermann - farmer on farm behind ones's own
Achtmann - lay juryman; spokesman
Ackerbauer - farmer; tiller of he soil
Ackerbuerger - citizen farmer
Ackerer - farmer; tiller of the soil
Ackerknecht - farmhand
Ackersmann - farmer; tiller of the soil
Ackerwirt(h) - farmer; tiller of the soil
Aderlasser - bloodletter
Adjunkt - deputy; vice-; deputy mayor (of a village other than where the mayor himself resides in a
multi-village community)
Adjutant - (mil.) warrant officer
Adjuvant - auxiliary teacher
Adlerwirt(h) - proprietor of the Eagle Inn (at the sign of the eagle)
Adlige(r) - noble person
Administrator - administrator
Advokat - lawyer
Aebtissin - abbess
Aeltermann - master of a guild; head of chamber of commerce
Aeltester - (church) elder; member of the church council
Aescherer - ash-burner (in glass or soap factory)
Affengiesser - brass founder; bronze founder; pewterer
Affidat - vassal; tenant
Afkaat - lawyer (from Advokat)
Afstoeter - tanner
Afteiber - apothecary; pharmacist
Agsteinfischer - 'fisher' for amber
Agtschleifer - amber polisher; amber cutter
Aicher - surveyor; measurer; calibrator; supervisor of weights and measurers
Aichmeister - master surveyor
Akesbaas - barge shipper
Aksiseher(r) - (excise) tax overseer (on council)
Aktuar - accountant; statistician
Aldermann - alderman; councilman
Allmendherr, Allmendsherr - administrator of common lands
Allmendsvogt - free farmer elected to oversee common lands
Almosenpfleger - almoner; welfare supervisor (of church congregation)
Alpleiter, Alpmeister, Alpvogt - elected leader of an Alpine community
Altarist - church sexton
Altarmann - assistant to pastor; sexton
Altbauer - old established farmer, possibly on life estate
Altbuerger - old citizen with full rights
Altbuergermeister - former mayor
Altbuesser, Altbutzer - cobbler; shoe repairman
Altenteiler - retired man, on life estate
Altenteilerin - retired woman on life estate
Altflicker - repairer of old shoes; cobbler
Altfrau - female overseer over the maids
Altfuehrer - co-leader of a journeyman's association
Altgeselle - senior journeyman
Altgewander - repairer of old clothes
Althaendler - second-hand dealer
Altherr - oldest man of an organization; senior
Althufner - old farmer who has retired
Altjungfer - old maid; spinster
Altlapper, Altlepper - repairer of old shoes; cobbler
Altmagd - head female servant
Altreiss - repairer of old shoes; cobbler
Altschneider - repairer of old clothes
Altschuster - repairer of old shoes; cobbler
Altsitzer(in) - person on life estate
Altwalker - clothes repairer
Altwander, Altwendter - clothes repairer; dealer in used clothing
Ambachtkind - child of a guild member
Ambachtknecht - servant or apprentice of a tradesman
Ambachtsluede - craftsman
Ambacht(s)note - handworker; craftsman; guild member
Ambachtschriver - official clerk
Amer - admiral
Ammann - official; bailiff
Ammeister - master of a guild
Amtleute - officials
Amtmann - district judge; magistrate; bailiff
Amtsanwalt - prosecuting attorney
Amtsasse - appointed office holder in the provincial assembly who sends a
deputy
Amtsbruder - colleague, especially religious
Amtsbuettel - government servant, also police man
Amtsdiener - servant
Amtsfreier - free farmer
Amtsgerichtsrat - local court judge
Amtshauptmann - district administrative official
Amtsinhaber(in) - officeholder
Amtskeller - local tax administrator and collector of natural revenues; steward
Amtsknecht - court servant
Amtsmeier - major farmer with special rights
Amtsmeister - chief guildmaster; official
Amtsmueller - miller who pays rent to government office
Amtsrat(h) - senior local judge
Amtsrichter - local judge
Amtsschreiber - local court clerk
Amtsschoesser - tax collector of a jurisdiction
Amtsstoerer - craftsman operating outside a guild
Amtsverwalter - administrator
Amtsverweser - deputy; regent
Amtsvogt - district judge
Amtsvormund - official guardian
Anbauer - small farmer (on land cleared in the early 19th century); peasant; free villager with small
farm
Angstmann - executioner; torturer
Anlieger - person on adjoining property
Anrainer - person on adjoining property
Anreisser - salesman; recruiter; machinist
Ansager(in) - announcer
Anschaffer - mayor
Anspaenner - farmer of a full-sized farm; horse groom on an estate
Anspinner - textile piecer
Ansteker - shoemaker
Anstreicher - painter
Antecessor - predecessor in office
Antistes - Chief minister of a Reformed city church; church administrator
Anvald - attorney; lawyer (checks contracts, deeds, etc.)
Anwalt - attorney; lawyer (checks contracts, deeds, etc., appointed by owner of village)
Anwerber - recruiter for military or emigration
Anwiser - teacher; advisor
Apengeter, Apengiesser - pewterer, can maker
Apfelmann, Apfler - Apple picker, seller
Apologete - advocate
Apotheker - pharmacist
Appelmann - apple picker, seller
Arbeiter(in) - worker, male (female)
Arbeitsfrau - working woman
Arbeitsmann - working man
Architekt(in) - Architect male (female)
Archivangestellte - archive employee
Archivar(in) - archivist male(female)
Arcier - (mil.) member of a bodyguard
Armendeche - almoner
Armendiener - deacon charged with care of the poor
Armknecht - serf
Aroeder - new settler on lands belonging to and estate
Artmann, Artmeier - farmer
Arzt - physician; doctor
Aschenbrenner, Aescherer - maker of wood-ash for soap-making purposes
Asega - judge elected by the people, sworn to the Emperor
Asenmacher - axle-maker;( vehicle) frame-maker
Assemaker, Assenmacher, Assenmaker - axle-maker;( vehicle) frame-maker
Assessor - juryman; judge; counselor (not limited to legal advice); legal assistant
Asshauer - axle-maker
Atten - judge in farming community; juryman
Aubergist - innkeeper
Auditeur - advocate general
Auenhaeusler - free villager with small house and garden and some livestock
who usually works as a day laborer; cottager
Auermacher - clockmaker
Aufdinger - loader or assistant in marketplace; minor customs official
overseeing loading of ships
Aufermann, Auffermann - sexton
Aufpasser - lookout; spy
Aufschlaeger - loader; one who levied excise tax
Aufschwemmer - raftsman
Aufseher - guard; foreman
Aufspieler - musician
Aufwarter - waiter
Aulenbaecker - potter
Auler - potter
Ausbreiter - one who beats the bushes for game; coppersmith
Ausbuerger - citizen of a town living out in the countryside who had to pay taxes and provide
military service for his place of citizenship; citizen of a town who lived in another town but pays
taxes to keep his citizenship alive
Ausdinger(in) - person on a life estate
Ausfaut(h) - notary; court clerk
Ausgeberin - female household overseer
Ausgedinger(in) - person on a life estate
Ausklinger, Ausklingler - servant or messenger of council
Amtskultator - probationary attorney; one who sits in on a court without voting rights.
Ausmaerker - one living outside boundaries of a village but with right to
common pasture and commons
Ausmann - citizen living in another town but pays a sum to keep his
citizenship current; one who lives elsewhere
Ausmiener - auctioneer
Ausnehmer - person on a pension; one with life estate
Ausreuter - riding messenger for a city
Ausrufer - town crier
Ausschuss - committee; court assistants
Aussenbuerger - citizen living outside the city wall in the new part of the city
Austraegler(in) - person on pension or life estate
Auswanderer(in) - emigrant
Auswartmann - one who lives elsewhere but keeps his citizenship current
Ausweisser - whitewasher; painter
Auswohner - one who lives elsewhere but keeps his citizenship current
Auszahler - paymaster
Auszuegler(in) - person on pension or life estate
Axmann, Axtmann - carpenter; ax-smith
Ayer, Ayrer - egg merchant

Baader - Barber, also surgeon, dentist - a "quack"
Baar - Ship's carpenter; ship maintenance man
Baas - Innkeeper; ship's agent; overseer; boss
Baecker - baker alternative spelling: Beck
Baeckergesell(e) - apprentice baker
Baeckermeister - master baker
Backhausmann - cottager
Backmann - baker
Baedeker - cooper
Bademoem, Bademutter - midwife
Badener - same as Baader
Bader - same as Baader
Badewaerter(in) - lifeguard
Badgiesser - man who brings bathwater
Baerenwirt(h) - proprietor of the Bear Inn (at he sign of the bear)
Baerschneider - pig castrator
Baetjer - cooper
Bauerle, Bauerli - farmer; peasant (swiss)
Bahnbeamter - railroad official
Balbeeder - same as baader
Balestermacher - crossbow maker
Ballenbinder - packer
Ballettierer - ringmaster; master of ceremonies
Ballierer - polisher
Ballmacher - (leather) ball manufacturer
Ballonnenmacher - (leather) ball manufacturer
Bamutter - midwife
Bandhauer,-reisser, -schlaeger, -schneider - cooper; maker of barrel staves
Bankier - banker
Banquier - Banker
Bannere - bailiff for services to the lord
Bannerherr - administrator of the district of a city;
Bannertraeger - standard-bearer
Bannherr - lord of the manor
Banning - court messenger
Banittker - police or market clerk
Bannleute - free citizens under the jurisdiction of a noble
Bannrichter - criminal court judge
Banzenmacher - cooper; maker of beer-vats
Barbier - barber
Barbknecht - barber's helper
Barchenmeister - master of seals
Barchetweber - weaver with a loom at home
Bareler - cooper
Barettmacher - bonnetmaker
Barfknecht - barber's helper
Barfuesser - barefooted friar
Barsemeester - skipper of as boat without a mast
Bartscher(er) - barber
Bassist - (mil.) bass player
Bassuner - trombonist
Bastoever - bathhouse operator; barber
Baterleinmacher - rosary maker
Bauconducteur - contractor for rural construction
Bauer - farmer on a full-sized farm, owned or as a tenant; peasant
Bauermeister - leader of a farm community
Bauerngelde - free farm owner subject to tax on land
Bauernrichter - justice of peace in a farm community
Bauernschulze - appointed village mayor of a farm community
Bauernknecht - farmhand
Bauherr - overseer of city buildings
Bauknecht - farmhand; construction worker
Baumann - farmer of a full-sized farm; worker in building trades
Baumeister - overseer of city buildings; building contractor
Baumgartner, Baumgaertner - tree nurseryman
Baumhauer - woodcutter
Baumschliesser - toll collector on turnpike
Baumsiedemacher - cotton weaver
Baumwollenweber - cotton weaver
Baumwollenspinner - cotton spinner
Baumzuechter - tree nurseryman
Baur, Baeurle, Baeurli(n) - farmer; peasant
Bauunternehmer - building contractor
Bauverwalter - farm administrator
Bauwerker - construction worker
Beamte, Beamter, Beamtin - public official
Beauftragter - agent; delegate
Becherer - turner
Becherwirt(h) - tavern keeper
Bechler - pitch burner
Beck, Becker - baker
Bechdrechsel, Beckdrechsler - coppersmith
Beckenwerchte,-werte - foundry worker
Bederknecht - bathhouse worker
Bedermann - established citizen with inherited property
Bedesetzer - tax assessor
Bedienstete - servant of an important person
Bediente(r) - servant of an important person
Beflissener - student; student assistant
Begiener - pig castrator
Begine - lay female nurse
Behandinge - feudal tenure of a farm
Behelfer, Behelver - tutor
Beibauer - farmer on a new farm, officially recognized but with few privileges
Beiermann -sexton; bellringer
Beigeordneter - assistant; deputy mayor; assemblyman
Beikramer - peddler; merchant
Beinberger - maker of iron rims
Beindreher - turner of artistic materials such as ivory
Beingewender - maker of iron rims
Beinhauer - butcher
Beinknopfmacher - bone button-maker
Beisass(e) - rental inhabitant without citizenship
Beischer - whipmaker
Beisitzer - Junior lawyer; juryman; inhabitant without land (e.g. a son living with his parents) and
without citizenship rights or duties
Beitler - leather purse and glove maker
Beiwohner - non-citizen in village
Bekemacher, -maker - cooper
Bellenmacher - (cow) bell maker
Belter - beltmaker
Bender - cooper
Bendhack - barrel seller
Bendheuer, Bendschweicher - cooper
Bendsnider - wheelmaker
Bennemacher - wagoner
Bennenfuehrer - coachman
Benner - cooper
Bentmaker, Bentsnider - cooper; maker of barrel staves
Bereitknecht - forester's helper
Berenstecher - pig castrator
Berghauer - miner
Bergholde - vineyard owner
Bergknappe - miner
Bergler - small farmer
Bergmann - miner
Bergschreiber - mine clerk
Bergwerkbesitzer - mine owner
Berichterstatter - reporter; announcer
Berker - tanner
Bermenter(er) - parchment maker
Bernschneider - pig castrator
Berufsbeamte - tenured civil servant
Berzauter - pig castrator
Bescheper - shipper
Beschlager - blacksmith
Besemer, Besenbinder, - broom-maker; broom seller
Besener, Bessener - broom-maker; broom seller
Besenmacher - broom-maker
Besserer - one who caries out sentences of small-claims court
Bestaender, Bestaendner - farmer of a small farm
Bestanderlasser - landlord of a small farm
Bestandwirt(h) - tenant; lessee
Besteder - ship forwarding agent; shipbuilder
Bestetter - carrier; freight forwarder
Besucher(in) - inspector; visitor
Bettelvogt - beadle
Bettfedernhaendler - feather mattress trader
Bettschart - whipmaker
Bettzi(e)chenweber - linenweaver
Beuerlein - farmer
Beurtmann - member of shipowner's association
Beutelmacher, Beutler - leather purse and glove maker
Beutner - beekeeper
Bewohner - inhabitant; dweller in a house, street, region
Beysass(e) - rental inhabitant without citizenship
Beysitzer - junior lawyer; juryman
Bibliothekar(in) - librarian
Bienhalter, Biener, Bienenwaerter, Bienenmann - beekeeper
Bienzeidler - beekeeper
Bierbrauer, Biereigen - beer-brewer
Bierer - fruit merchant
Bierschenk(er) - tavernkeeper
Bierschroeter - beer hauler
Biersieder - beer-brewer
Bierspuender - beer inspector
Biesejager - almoner; policeman
Bildhauer - sculptor
Bildschnitzer - woodcarver
Bildweber - picture weaver
Billetsherr - councilman in charge of billeting soldiers
Billiter, Billetierer - (mil.) quartermaster
Binder - cooper
Birmenter - parchment maker
Birnmenger - pear trader
Bisser - dentist
Bitschenmacher - cooper; cupmaker
Biwohner - rental inhabitant without citizenship
Blankschmidt - smith (makes shiny blades, etc.)
Blattbinder -combmaker
Blattervater - hospital administrator
Blattmacher - papermaker
Blecharbeiter, Blechler, Blechschlaeger - tinworker; plumber
Bleicher - bleacher
Bleigiesser - leadpourer; pewterer
Bletzer, Bletzler - cobbler
Blicksleger - tinworker; plumber
Blidenme(e)ster - master of ordnance
Blocker - tailor
Blockkdreher,-dreier - turner
Bluethner, Bluetner - flower merchant
BM - abbr. for Buechsenmacher (gunsmith); Buergermeisteramt (Mayor's Office)
bm. v. r. d. st. - abbr. for Buergermeister und Rat der Stadt (mayor and
council of the city)
Bmstr. - abbr. for Baumeister (building contractor )
BO - abbr. for Bombardier (artillery man)
Boeck - baker
Boecker - cooper
Bockwirt(h) - innkeeper of the Ram Inn
Boddeker, Boeddecker, Boedeker - cooper
Bode - shipbuilder; government messenger
Bodel - beadle
Boedener - cottager
Boenhase - craftsman operating outside a guild
Boerger - citizen
Boertschiffer - shipper with regular route; member of shippers' organization
Boesselmaker - brushmaker
Boessler - cutter
Boeter - shipowner
Beottcher, Boetticher - cooper
Bogner - bowmaker
Bohrer - driller
Bohrerschmi(e)d(t) - drillsmith
Bokemueller - flax miller
Bokverwa(h)er - librarian
Bolsmann - farmer with a full-sized farm
Bolzendreher - boltmaker
Bombasineweber - cotton weaver
Bomhauer - maker of saddle trees
Bomsidenmaker - cotton weaver
Bootsmann - boatman; pilot
Bordenwerker(in) - border seamster, -stress
Bordmagd - female servant
Bornfeger - well cleaner
Borngraeber - well-digger
Bornmacher - well-digger
Bornmeister - well supervisor
Bornzieher - water carrier
Bortenmacher - lace maker; lace border maker
Bossierer - (porcelain former)
Botaniker(in) - botanist
Botenmeister - postmaster
Bothe, Bott - messenger
Botschafter - ambassador
Bottelier - ship's provisions officer
Bottmeister - chief messenger
Br. - abbr. for Braut (bride); Buerger (citizen); Bruder (brother)
Brachervog(e)t - almoner
Bracker - (officially appointed) cattle broker
Braemelmacher - haberdasher
Braeutigam - bridegroom; newlywed man esp. on wedding day
Brandmeister - fire chief
Brandweinbrenner - (brandy) distiller
Brandweinschenker - liquor retailer
Branntweinbrenner - (brandy) distiller
Branntweinschenker- liquor retailer
Braueigen, Brauer, Brauherr - brewer
Brauknecht - brewer's helper
Brautkind - child born to an engaged couple
Brechenmacher - flaxworker
Brecher - quarry worker
Breier - brewer
Breinmueller - millet miller
Breisler - Border maker
Brenker - one who lives on the edge of a village near a grassy hill called a
Brink
Brenneisen, Brenner - smith; stoker
Brennerknecht - distiller's apprentice; smith's apprentice
Brennmeister - master distiller
Brenntlerin - Alpine dairy maid
Brettschneider - sawyer
Bretzenmacher - clap maker
Breyer - brewer
Briechler - linen merchant
Briefbote - postman
Briefdrucker - printer of woodcuts
Brieftraeger(in) - letter carrier
Brinker, Brinklieger, Brinkmann, Brinksitzer, Brinkkoet(h)ner - cottager on
the edge of a village near a grassy hill called a Brink
Briser - border maker
Brodbeck - bread baker
Brodfuehrer - bread merchant with a cart
Brotlbauer - farmer obliged to provide room and board for a servant
Brotling - person directly dependent on lord for room and board
Brotmacher - worker in sugar industry
Bruechler - (door-to-door) peddler; ribbon seller
Bruchschneider - physician; surgeon
Bruchvogt - court servant
Brueckenzoller, Brueckner - bridge tollmaster
Bruck(n)er - bridge builder; mason
Bruger - brewer
Brunnenbauer - well-builder
Brunnenmeister - well supervisor; welldigger
Brunnenpalier - well supervisor
Brunnenreiniger - well cleaner
Brustschneider - corset maker
Brutkind - child born prior to marriage
Bub(e) - boy; apprentice
Bubenmeister - teacher
Bubnick - drummer
Buchbinder - bookbinder
Buchdrucker - printer
Buchdruckerfaktor - master printer
Buecheraltreiss - antiquarian bookseller
Buchfeller - parchment maker
Buchfuehrer - book merchant (with a pushcart)
Buchhaendler - bookseller
Buchhalter - bookkeeper
Buchmaler - book illustrator
Buechsenmacher - gunsmith
Buechsenmann, Buechsenschuetz - watchman with a rifle
Buechsenmeister - co-leader of journeyman's association; watchman (with a rifle)
Buechsenschmi(e)d - gunsmith
Buechsenmann, Buechsenschuetz - watchman with a rifle
Buechsenmeister - co-leader of journeyman's association; watchman (with a rifle)
Buechsenschmi(e)d - gunsmith
Buechsenspanner - gun loader
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