/r/Kurrent
About the old german Kurrentschrift as well as the Sütterlinschrift
Welcome to the Kurrent-sub. This is intended to collect all kinds of posts related to the German Kurrentschrift as well as the Sütterlinschrift, including translation requests that pop up every so often.
Many of those post come from
To view the new unanswered posts click here.
If you see a post about Kurrent in one of theses subs, please link to the original thread (and not directly to the image) and answer all questions there. Please also include an estimate of the length of the text.
If you have multiple or very long documents, do not post them all at once. Wait a day or two before posting the next one. (If they are related, ideally you add links back to the previous posts.)
This should just be a place for everyone interested in Kurrent no matter whether from a historical perspective or as a ressource for learning Kurrent or any other reason.
A nice overview and history about Kurrent can be found here. (by Ralf Herrmann).
Related Subs:
Other resources:
- Primer for Americans for learning German, kurrent and fraktur, 1904
- archive.org - Copy book from around 1700
- kurrentschrift.net - Overview and course for Sütterlin/Offenbacher/Kurrent
- suetterlinschrift.de - Historic Comparisons of Handwriting
- Bavarian state archive - exercises and examples from different periods
- Muecke Handwriting Course
- "Grundmässige Anweisung, zur Teutsch-Lateinisch-Italienisch-Französisch- und Holländischen modernen Schreib-Kunst" — Michael Baurenfeind, 1736
- Ad Fontes: Transcription exercises and a lot of information by the university of Zürich
- "Methodische Anleitung zum Schön- und Schnellschreiben : nach Carstairs'schen Grundsätzen für Elementarschulen, wie für lateinische und Real-Anstalten bearbeitet" - Wilhelm Heinrich Nädelin 1839
- Schrift Generator für deutsche Hand- und Frakturschriften
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Wer kann mir sagen, was hier steht?
Woher kommt die Anna ?? und wie heißen ihre Eltern? Johann Noll und ??
10:24 UTC
Any help is appreciated!
19:37 UTC
Kann das jemand entziffern für mich?
Hallo zusammen, es geht vor allem um die zweite Spalte, die Eltern der Verstorbenen.
13:27 UTC
Beruf und Name der Mutter?
Hallo, kann mir jemand helfen?
Mein Vorfahr war also katholisch, ledig und ??? in Dernbach. Seine Eltern waren Philipp und ??? aus Oetzingen. ?! Vielen Dank an alle
12:44 UTC
Great-grandfather's birth register entry
Hi! I was wondering if someone could help me with my great-grandfather's birth certificate? Both the margin and/or the main form would be appreciated.
23:56 UTC
Was steht vor Karoline? und sie ist 40 Jahre alt geworden, richtig?
23:52 UTC
Was steht vor Carl? Dies ist ein Auszug aus einer Hochzeitsurkaunde und ist Zeuge, Verwand mit der Braut.
23:23 UTC
Weiß jemand was da steht?
Ich erkenne dort nur
...in Dachau, Krs. Kreyberg,
wohnhaft in Dt. Damerau,
Krs. Stuckum...
Bitte um Hilfe. MfG Larissa
23:13 UTC
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18:48 UTC
Kann mir jemand helfen diese 170 Jahre Alte schrift zu entziffern?
18:02 UTC
Can someone translate this name into readable English text for me?
16:26 UTC
1710 Marriage Registration of Nicol Prell & Margaretha Weiß at Thiersheim, Bavaria
Seeking a full transcription of the final marriage registration on this partial page, #7 "Nicol Prell". Also, does anyone know what is meant by the tiny sketch of a skeletal hand in the margin beneath Nicol Prell's name?
1710 Marriage Registration of Nicol Prell & Margaretha Weiß at Thiersheim, Bavaria
Here's my best attempt:
7). Nicol Prell.
den 15. Xbr. ist Nicol Prell ein Bauers Sohn bey Stemes
mit Margaretha Weißin Bauers tochter von Bie-
berbach nach einen Haus Cap***, weil sie sich [--?--]
[--?--] - - - - - - -
- - - - - copulirt worde.
15:55 UTC
Kirchenbucheintrag
15:51 UTC
1714 Marriage Registration at Thiersheim, Bavaria
I'm attempting to transcribe the second marriage on this partial page (#4, for Johann Adam Prell).
I have come up with the following transcription approximation. Can anyone decipher the missing words? I'm particularly interested in the several words following the name of the groom's father "Joh. Prell". My goal is to differentiate him from various other male Prells of the area, variously named "Johannes", "Johann", "Hans", "Hannß", etc.
1714 Marriage Registrations at Thiersheim, Bavaria
4.) Joh. Ad. Prell
eod. [den 20. 9b.] Mstr. Joh. Adam Prell, Burg u. Nagelschmidt alhie
des [gebarn?] Joh. Prellens [--?--] jungste Sohn mit
Chatarina Maria, H. Joh. [--?--] [--?--] u. [--?--]
alhie einig tochter beÿde ledig standes.
15:44 UTC
Bitte helft mir, die Daten des Bräutigams zu entziffern!
15:10 UTC
Never seen this word before
Pretty sure this word is "valgo" or "velgo" it's showing up before every occupation or even abbreviated to just v. Never seen it before.
If you want to see more examples here is the link: its on most of the fathers' entries.
https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/oesterreich/graz-seckau/ligist/9254/?pg=159
05:50 UTC
Nationality Letter
I would greatly appreciate any help in identifying the letter in column 10. It is referring to nationality. Thank you!
14:53 UTC
Taufregister 1873 (uneheliche Kinder)
09:01 UTC
Another profession in a marriage record, Limburg, 1857
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/limburg/limburg-dompfarrei-st-georg/Lim+K+12/?pg=166
Marriage record of Heinrich Moehn, born 23 February 1829 in Limburg (Lahn).
Column 4: katholisch, ledig, [Kuh...???], wohnhaft in Limburg
Column 5: Peter Möhn u, A[nna] Maria Istel, wohnhaft in Limburg [the uncommon maiden name is beyond doubt]
If that is of any help: his father-in-law is a "Töpfer", i. e. a potter. Heinrich Moehn's profession may or may not be related to that.
20:27 UTC
Was steht da?
Es handelt sich bei dem Buch um Ben Hur.
19:56 UTC
In einem Buch von 1879 gefunden
15:37 UTC
Hilfe bei Lebenslauf aus R u S Fragebogen
14:04 UTC
Was steht auf dieser Postkarte?
11:04 UTC
Widmung 1936 - Mein Kampf
Help - what is writen down here?
From Hitlers "Mein Kampf" printed 1936.
20:05 UTC
Any help is appreciated.
19:14 UTC
Need help
14:43 UTC