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German Occupations (Berufe)

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Schankmacher - cupboard maker
Schankwirt(h) - innkeeper
Schanzenmeister - jailer
Schaper - shepherd
Scharfrichter - executioner
Scharlach, Scharlachfieber - scarlet fever
Scharnemann - merchant in a market
Scharrmacher - wagon builder
Scharwaechter- night watchman
Scharwerker - day laborer on a farm
Schatter, Schattmann - tax assessor
Schatzmann - moneychanger; treasurer
Schatzmeister - treasurer
Schauer - cloth inspector
Schaeuerchen- shooting pains in the teeth; epilepsy
Schaufert - shoemaker
Schaeuf(e)ler - shovel maker; peddler
Schaukastentraeger - traveling salesman who carries a showcase around
Schauspieler(in) - actor/actress
Schauwecker - shoemaker
Scheckensticker - embroiderer
Scheffler - bowlmaker; cooper
Scheibenreisser - glazier
Scheibler - salt carrier
Scheidler - knife-blade maker
Schellenschmi(e)d - cowbell maker
Schelter - jester; entertainer
Schen(c)k - innkeeper who taps beer or wine
Schen(c)ker - innkeeper
Schen(c)kjunfer - wet nurse
Schen(c)kwirt(h) - innkeeper who taps beer or wine
Scheper - shepherd
Scherenschleifer - scissors sharpener
Scherenmacher - scissors maker
Scherer - barber; beardcutter; cloth cutter
Scherge - sheriff's deputy
Schichtmeister - mine paymaster
Schiedsrichter - local court judge; justice of the peace
Schiedsverwandter - member of local court
Schieferdecker - roofer of slate roofs; slater
Schiesser - hunter
Schiffbauer - shipbuilder
Schiffer - shipper; seaman
Schiffmann - sailor
Schiffseigner - shipowner
Schiffsmakler - shipbroker; shipping agent
Schilderer - sign painter
Schilderhersteller - sign maker
Schindeldecker - roofer of shingle roofs
Schindelmacher - shingle maker
Schinder - renderer; skinner
Schindler - roofer; skinner
Schinner - renderer; skinner
Schirmmacher - umbrella maker
Schirrmacher - wagon maker
Schirrmeister - master wagon maker
Schlachter - butcher
Schlaechter - butcher
Schlachtmann - butcher
Schlachtwanter - clothing wholesaler
Schlafbaas - innkeeper
Schlechter - butcher
Schlegel - turnkey of a prison
Schleifer - polisher
Schleusserin - maid
Schlieper - knifemaker; cutler
Schliesser - church administrator
Schlieter - merchant
Schlossaufseher - castle keeper; castellan
Schlossbesitzer(in) - castle owner
Schlosser - locksmith; mechanic; tinkerer
Schlossherr(in) - castle owner
Schlotfeger - chimneysweep
Schlotthauer - locksmith
Schlueter, - turnkey in a prison
Schlupwaechter - night watchman
Schm. - abbr. for Schmeid (smith)
Schmelzarbeiter, Schmelzer - (s)melter
Schmi(e)d(t) - smith
Schn. - abbr. for Schneider (tailor)
Schneider - tailor
Schnellweber - machine weaver
Schnider - tailor
Schni(t)tger, Schni(t)tker - woodworker; joiner
Schnitter - harvest hand
Schnittwarenhaendler - drygoods (cloth) merchant
Schnitzer, Schnitzker, Schnitzler - woodcarver
Schnuerer - lacemaker
Schnurmacher - lacemaker
Schnyder - tailor
Schoband - skinner's helper
Schoeffe - member
Schoeffen-, Schoeffenmeister - foreman of small claims court
Schoeffler, Schoeffler - bowlmaker
choenfaerber - dyer of colored goods
Schoepe - member of small claims court; lay juryman; councilman
Schoesser - tax collector
Scholz - village mayor; magistrate
Schomaker - shoemaker
Schoenbeck - pastry baker
Schoenfaerber - dyer of colored goods
Schoolapper - shoe cobbler
Schopenhauer - wooden scoop maker
Schopper - ship's carpenter
Schornsteinfeger - chimneysweep
Schosserheber - tax collector
Schoesser- tax collector
Schotte - peddler
Schottler - turner; key maker
Schottilier - turner; carpenter
Schrader - tailor; cutter
Schrannengast - grain merchant
Schreiber - clerk; business manager
Schreibmeist - master of writing
Schreiner - joiner; woodworker
Schriftfuehrer(in) - corresponding secretary
Schriftleiter(in) - editor of journal
Schriftsetzer - typesetter
Schrobber - wool weaver
Schrobelmacher - loom maker
Schroder, Schroeder - tailor
Schroepfer - blood-letter
Schroeer - tailor
Schroeter - tailor; carter; driver; cooper
Schryffeyne(r) - clerk
Schubart(h), Schubert(h), Schubring - shoemaker
Schuchard, Schucherd, Schuchmann, Schuckert - shoemaker
Schuessler - bowl maker
Schuetze - hunter; (mil.) rifleman
Schuhflicker - shoe cobbler
Schuhknecht - apprentice shoemaker
Schuhllapper - shoe cobbler
Schuhmacher - shoemaker
Schuhmann - shoemaker; seller of shoes
Schuhputzer - shoe-shiner
Schuhwerk - shoemaker
Schulapper - shoe cobbler
Schuldenbote - debt collector
Schuldiener - schoolteacher
Schuldner - debter
Schulgehilfe - teacher's assistant
Schullhalter - schoolteacher
Schuljunge, Schulknabe - schoolboy
Schullehrer(in) - schoolteacher
Schulleiter(in) - school principal
Schulmaedel - schoolgirl
Schulmeister - schoolmaster
Schulrat(h) - school board member
Schulsschwester - teaching nun
Schulte, Schultheiss - appointed village mayor; magistrate; head man of the village
governing body; originally tax collector for the ruler
Schul(t)z(e) - appointed village mayor; magistrate; head man of the village governing body;
originally tax collector for the ruler
Schumacher - shoemaker
Schumann - shoemaker; seller of shoes
Schuerken - toothache
Schuessler - bowlmaker
Schuster - shoemaker
Schutenmaker - boat builder
Schuetze - hunter; (mil.) rifleman
Schutzverwandter - protected non-citizen with rights of a citizen
Schuwarte - shoemaker
Schwaiger - shepherd
Schwanenwirt(h) - proprietor of the Swam Inn
Schwaer - illness
schwarzer Tod - black death; plague
Schwarzefaerber, - dyer of dark goods
Schwarzgiesser - iron smelter
Schwa(e)che - debility; weakness
Schweiger - cowherd; cheesemaker
Schweinehaendler - hog trader
Schwein(e)hirt(h) - pigherd
Schweisser - welder
Schwendimann - settler on recently burned woodland
Schwer(d)tfeger - armorer
Schwertbbauer - farmer on farm inherited through the male line
Schwoedler - white tanner
Seelbinder - ropemaker
Seelotse - sea pilot
Seelsorger - minister; chaplain; spiritual guide
Seemann - seaman
Segenschmi(e)d - saw smith
Segesser, Segisser - scythe maker
Segner - fisherman
Seidenneger - silk embroiderer
Seidenspuler - silk reeler
Seidenst(r)icker(in) - silk embroiderer
Seidenweber(in) - silk weaver
Seifensieder - soapboiler
Seigermacher - watchmaker
Seigerschmi(e)d - clockmaker
Seigersteller - caretaker of the village clock
Seigner - fisherman
Seiler - ropemaker; rope merchant
Seimtauer - tanner
Sekelmeister - master sackmaker; treasurer
Sekretaer(in) - secretary
Selcher - butcher; smoker of meat
Selzer - salt merchant
Sendbote - messenger
Senker - fisherman
Senkler - bracelet maker
Senn - (Alpine) herdsman; dairyman
Senner(in) - (Alpine) herdsman; dairyman/maid
Sensal - real estate agent
Sensenbrenner, -schmi(e)d - scythe maker
Sentrin - female cowherd
Sesterer - cooper
Settbur - farm administrator
Setzer - typesetter
Seuner - fisherman
Sicherheitspolizei - security police
Sichter - harvester
Sieber - sievemaker; sieve worker in a mine
Siebmacher - sievemaker
Siebmann - sieve worker in a mine
Sieche - sick person
Siedler - settler
Siegrist - church sexton
Siberarbeiter - silver worker
Silberbote - messenger
Silberschmi(e)d - silversmith
Simmermacher - sievemaker
Skribent - writer; scribbler
Smalweber - weaver of strips of linen
Smerde - slave
Smersnider - bacon merchant
Snitker - joiner
Snopel - vagabond
Soeldner - mercenary soldier; day laborer
Soldat - soldier
Soeldner - mercenary soldier; day laborer
Solepumper - helper at a salt well
Sommerkrankheit, -plague - summer complaint
Sonnenkraemer, -kramer - peddler
Sonnenwirt(h) - proprietor of the Sun Inn
Spangenmacher - brass worker; clasp maker
Spanner - freight hauler
Spediteur - freight forwarder
Speisewirt(h) - restauranteur
Spenelmacher, Spener - needle maker
Spengler - plumber; tinsmith
Spenhauer - carpenter
Spetter - market servant
Spettreiter - messenger
Spezereikraemer, -kramer - spice merchant
Spicker - cottager
Spikermann - cottager
Spiegelmacher - mirror maker
Spiegelwirt(h) - proprietor of the Mirror Inn
Spielmann - minstrel
Spiessbuerger, Spiesser - city citizen with no horse; philistine
Spillmacker - tile maker
Spindelbauer - farmer on a farm inherited through the female line
Spindelmacher, Spindler - wooden spindle maker
Spinner(in) - spinner
Spitalpfleger - male nurse; orderly
Spitalpflegerin - female practical nurse
Spitzenhaendler - lace dealer
Splettstoesser - shingle merchant
Splittgerber - tilemaker; shingle merchant
Spurmann - hunter
Stabhalter - administrator and judge
Stabherr - judge
Staebler - peddler; beggar
Stabschlaeger - cutter of wood for barrel staves
Stabsfeldwebel - (mil.) master sergeant
Stabkapitaen, -kapitain - (mil.) staff captain
Stabskeller - court official
Stabuel - beggar
Stabulier(er) - peddler
Stadler - keeper of the tax granary
Stadtbeamter - municipal official
Stadtbewohner - inhabitant of a city
Stadtbote - town messenger; beadle
Stadtdiener - town worker
Stadtknecht - town worker
Stadtrichter - municipal judge
Stadtschreiber - municipal clerk
Stadtvogt - town magistrate
Staebler - peddler; beggar
Staettenbesitzer - owner of a place
Staffhauer - maker of barrel staves
Staffirmaler - whitewasher
Stahlschmi(e)d - steelsmith
Stallbursche, -junge, -knecht - stable boy
Stallmagd - milkmaid
Stallmeister - equerry; master of the horse
Stalmenger - ironmonger
Staerkefabrikant - starch manufacturer
Staettenbesitzer - owner of a place
Statthalter - governor; vicar
Statzauner - pharmacist
Staudenmeier - shrubkeeper; gardener
Staufer - potter; cupmaker
Staupe, boese - festering sores and fever; child's convulsions
Stavener - farmer
Sterrtenmacher - pencilmaker
Steinbrecher - quarryman
Steinbrenner - maker of lime
Steinbroecker, -bruecker - bridge paver
Steiner - field border-stone watcher
Steingutarbeiter, -brenner - stoneware potter
Steingutwarenhaendler - stoneware dealer
Steinhacker - stonecutter
Steinhauer - stonecutter
Steinmetz - stonemason
Steinschneider - gem cutter; lapidary
Steinwirker - stoneworker
Steinworte - bricklayer
Stellmacher - wheelwright; wagonmaker
Stelzer - stilt-walker
Stengelbauer - poor farmer
Sterbenslaeufe - epidemic of plague
Sticker = embroiderer, Stickerin = embroideress
Stirnwirt(h) - proprietor of Star Inn
Sterzer - tramp
Steuerbeamte(r) - tax official
Steuerberater(in) - tax advisor
Steuerbote - tax messenger
Steuereinnehmer - tax collector
Steuerheber - tax assessor
Steuermann - ship or boat pilot; helmsman
Stieffeler - maker of vineyard stakes
Stiftenmacher - pencilmaker
Stiftungsmitglied - member of board of trustees of a foundation
Stille, in der - quietly (e.g. without the tolling of bells at a funeral/ wedding)
Stillfaut(h) - chairman of a secret court
Stillstaende- church elder
Stirnstosser - veil merchant
Stoecker - jailer
Stockjunge - rifle cleaning-rod boy
Stoellner - mine owner
Stoker - brandy distiller
Storger - market barker
Straehler - wool carder
Straehlmacher - combmaker; grapeshot maker
Strassen-, bauer - road builder
Strassen-, Strassenfeger - street sweeper
Strassen-, Strassenkehrer - street sweeper
Strassenkoetter - cottager living by the road
Stratener - peasant on a small farm
Stricker(in) - knitter
Strohdachdecker - fletcher; thatcher
Strohhutfabrikant - straw hat manufacturer
Strohmenger - straw merchant
Strohschneider - one who cuts straw for thatched roofs
Strumpflismer(in) - stocking knitter
Strumpfsticker(in) - stocking knitter
Strumpfweber(in) - stockingweaver
Stubenmeister - proprietor of an inn with a meeting room for guild or society members
Stueck-, Stueckwerker - piece worker
Stuenschenmacher - cooper of small buckets
Stuerzner - plumber
Stuhler, Stuhlmacher - joiner; chairmaker
Stuhlschreiber - court recorder
Stukkateur - stucco worker
Stuler - chairmaker
Stuenschenmacher - cooper of small buckets
Stuerzner - plumber
Stutenbaecker, -becker - pastry baker
Stuttknecht - stud horse groom
Stuurmann - boatman
Substitut - young pastor who takes over for and older pastor still officially in office
Suchmann - hunter
Sudler - cook of offal
Suesskuechler - pastry baker
Suwestecher - hog castrator
Sween - swineherd

Tabagist, Tabakist - proprietor of a tobacco shop
Tabaksarbeiter, Tabakpflanzer - tobacco worker/planter
Tobaksteuereinnehmer - tobacco tax collector
Tabourin - drummer
Tabulettkraemer, -kramer - peddler of pills
Taedinger - business agent; mediator
Taenzer(in) - dancer
Taeschner - pursemaker
Tafelitenkraemer, -kramer, Tafelit(t) - door-to-door salesman
Tagloehner(in), - day-laborer, one who works small jobs paid by the day
Tagner(in) - day-laborer, one who works small jobs paid by the day
Tallierer - peddler
Talmueller - miller in the valley
Tambour - (mil.) drummer
Taenzer(in) - dancer
Tapetenmaler - wallpaper painter
Tapazier(er) - wallpaper hanger
Taschner, Taeschnerd - leather bagmaker
Tater - gypsy
Taubenwirt(h) - proprietor of the Dove Inn
Tauer - tanner
Taufgesinnter - Anabaptist
Taun(n)er(in)- day-laborer, one who works small jobs paid by the day
Taverner - innkeeper
Techniker(in) - technician
Teefuehrer, -f’hrer - tar hauler
Teerschweler - tar manufacturer
Tegtmaier - farm rent collector
Tellrer - peddler
Tepper - potter
Teufer - Anabaptist
Thalmueller, Thalm’ller - miller in the valley
Thaun(n)er(in) - day-laborer, one who works small jobs paid by the day
Thierarzt - veterinarian
Thuchmacher - clothmaker
Tich(e)ler - tilemaker
Tierarzt - veterinarian
Tierausstopfer - taxidermist
Timmerman - carpenter
Tischer, Tischler, Tischmacher, Tischner - tablemaker; joiner
Toedde - peddler
Toepfer - potter
Torfstecher - peatcutter
Torhueter, -mann - gatekeeper
Torschreiber - gate toll collector
Torwaechter, -waechter - gatekeeper
Totenausleger - undertaker
Totenbeschauer - physician attesting death; medical examiner; coroner
To(d)tengraber, -graeber - gravedigger; cemetery caretaker
Totenmann - undertaker
Trabant - foot soldier
Traeger - pallbearer
Traexl - wood turner
Traiteur, Trakteur - master cook
Traubenweber - cloth weave
Trautgesell(e) - trusted journeyman
Trautherr - trusted master
Trautmann - trusted man
Traexl, Traxler - wood turner
Trechsler - wood turner
Trimmer - freight hauler
Trissler - treasurer
Troedler - peddler
Trommler - drummer
Trompeter - trumpeter
Troner - peddler
Tropfhaeusler - cottager; tenant with a small house
Trossknecht - baggage servant; wagoner
Truchsess - food procurer of a ruler or noble
Truhenmacher - trunkmaker
Trumpter - trumpeter
Trunkenbold - drunkard
Tschismenmacher - bootmaker of women's long boots
Tschudi, Tschudy - judge
Tuchhaendler - cloth merchant; draper
Tuchmacher - cloth maker; clothier
Tuchscherer - cloth cutter
Tuchwalker - fuller
Tuchweber(in) - cloth weaver
Tueffelmacher - slipper maker
Tuencher - whitewasher
Tueoedde, Tueoette - peddler
Tuerhueter - guard
Tuermer - watchman in a tower; bellringer
Tuefelmacher - slippermaker
Tuencher - whitewasher
T’uedde, Tuette - peddler
Turmvader, -vater - jailer
Tuunker - gardener

Uebersetzer(in) - translator
Uhrmacher - clockmaker; watchmaker
Ulan - (mil.) lancer
Ulenbecker - potter
Ulner - potter
Umsiedler - resettler; refugee
Unglueck - bad luck; epilepsy
Unterfeldwebel - sergeant
Unterhaendler- negotiator; agent
Unterkaeufer - broker
Untermieter(in) - subtenant; roomer; lodger
Untermueller - miller on the lower part of a stream
Unternaehmer - entrpreneur
Unteroffizier - (mil.) non-commisioned officer; petty officer; sergeant
Unterschultheiss- deputy mayor; vice-mayor
Untertan - subject; serf
Untervogt - assistant bailiff; deputy sheriff
Unvermoegende(r)- without property; pauper
UO - abbr. for Unteroffizier (non-commissioned officer)
Urheber(in) - author

Vaagd - bailiff; sheriff; constable; representative of the ruler; administrator
Vastbecker - pastry baker
Verbrecher(in) - criminal
Vere - ferryman
Verfasser(in) - author
Verheiler - animal castrator
Verkaeufer(in)- sales clerk
Verleiher, Verleyher - investor
Verler - hog merchant
Vermieter(in) - renter; landlord/lady
Vermittler - marriage broker; matchmaker
Verschiedene - deceased person
Versorgungsempfaenger - pensioner, welfare recipient
Versteigerer - auctioneer
Verwalter - administrator
Verwandte - relative
Verweser - administrator; vicar
Verzimmerer - timberer in a mine
Veterinaer (arzt), Veterinaerarzt) - veterinarian
Vetinkmaker - wagonmaker
Viehhaendler, - cattle dealer
Viehhirt(e) - cowherd
Viehknecht - cattle herdsman
Viertelbauer - farmer of a 1/4 sized farm
Visitator - church census taker
Viztum - deputy of the ruler
Vizebuergermeister - deputy mayor
Vocker - wholesaler
Voerradesmann -guardian
Vogler - bird catcher; fowler
Vogt - bailiff; sheriff; constable; representative of the ruler
Volksheer - militia
Vollbauer, -erbe, -maier, spaenner- farmer on a full-sized farm
Vribunde - free farmer
Vucker - wholesaler

Waagemeister - weighmaster
Wachsspinner - wax-spinner
Waechter, Wachtgaenger - watchman; security guard
Wachtmeister - police patrolman; cavalry sergeant
Wachtsoldat - (mil) guard
Waechter - watchman; security guard
Waegner - wagonbuilder; cartwright
Waemstler - offal dealer
Waerter(in) - caretaker
Waescher(in) - launderer
Waffenfabrikant - armorer
Waffenschmi(e)d - shieldmaker; armorer
Wagenknecht - wagonhand
Wagenmeister - master wagon builder; master cartwright; (mil.) wagonmaster
Wagenpfleger - auto mechanic
Waggonmacher - car maker
Wagler, Wagener, Waegner - wagonbuilder; cartwright
Wagnermeister - master wagon builder; master cartwright
Wahrsfrau - nurse; caretaker
Wahrsmann - caretaker
Waidner - dyer
Waise(r) - orphan
Waisenpfleger(in) - guardian; caretaker of orphans
Waldbewohner - forest inhabitant
Waldgrebe - overseer of wood in a forest
Waldhaeuer- woodcutter
Waldhornist - hunting horn player
Waldhueter - forest guard
Waldschlaeger - woodcutter
Waldschuetze- forest guard
Walker - person who softens cloth; fuller
Waemstler - offal dealer
Wanderbursch(e), Wanderer - journeyman; traveler
Wandersmann - journeyman
Wandmacher - cloth weaver
Wandschneider - clothmaker
Wannenkraemer, -kramer - peddler
Wantsnider - clothmaker
Wardein - mint inspector
Waerter(in) - caretaker
Wartfrau - midwife
Waschmagd - washerwoman
Waescher(in) - launderer
Wasenmeister - skinner; renderer
Wassermueller - water-mill operator
Wasserzieher - water carrier to the public baths
Watmanger - cloth merchant
Wattmann - cloth wholesaler
Waydjaeger - hunter
Weber - weaver
Wechsler - money-changer; money lender
Wegewarter - road watchman
Wegmacher - road repairman
Wegmeister - road supervisor
Wehener - wagonbuilder; cartwright
Wehenmutter, Wehfrau - midwife
Wehmutter - midwife
Wehrmann - soldier
Wehrmeister - forester
Weibel - sergeant; court usher
Weid(e)mann - hunter
Weinbauer, -berger - vinedresser
Weinbleicher - wine bleacher (adulterator)
Weiner, Weinert - wagonbuilder; cartwright
Weinfuehrer- proprietor of a wine inn
Weingaertner- vinedresser
Weingeber - innkeeper
Weinhaendler - wine merchant
Weinherr- wine wholesaler
Weinreber - vine dresser
Weinschen(c)k(er) - proprietor of a wine tavern; wine waiter
Weinsticher - wine tester
Weinvisierer - wine inspector
Weinzapf - proprietor of a wine tavern
Weinzi(e)r
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