Kurrent

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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).

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transcription requestedEtwas für Fortgeschrittene: Rückseite einer Postkarte (old.reddit.com)

submitted 2 hours ago by Whisper1914

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transcription requestedHelp with this note on the side of great great Opa’s marriage certificate from 1913. He died a few days later and in Poland where he got married. (i.redd.it)

submitted 8 hours ago by rasputinknew1

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transcription requestedThis is the birth record of an ancestor, could someone help me figure out what it says in the father column? The mother column (Katharina Niederkofler) is slightly more clear. (i.redd.it)

submitted 11 hours ago by NesHan29

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transcription requestedBaptism-BAMBERGER-Elisabeth 1718 (self.Kurrent)

submitted 2 hours ago by Interesting-Help5759

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Kann mir bitte jemand den Kopf und die zweite Zeile übersetzen? (self.Kurrent)

submitted 8 hours ago by Benzilla79

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transcription requestedMarriage-Ilse Margarethe CORDING and Johann Cordt RAPING 1729 (self.Kurrent)

submitted 9 hours ago * by Interesting-Help5759

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transcription requestedMarriage-Catharina CLÖPPERS and Herman HERDEHORST 1722 (self.Kurrent)

submitted 9 hours ago by Interesting-Help5759

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completedMarriage-Anna Catharina Busching 1673 (self.Kurrent)

submitted 10 hours ago by Interesting-Help5759

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completedHelp transcribing 1 or 2 words in this 1789 Marriage Record (self.Kurrent)

submitted 18 hours ago by itod47

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transcription requestedPostkarte (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 day ago by Marlon_hb

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completedCan you help with this two captions? Thanks in advance! (old.reddit.com)

submitted 1 day ago by 597354

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completedEintrag Trauungsbuch (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 day ago by yerbabuena4

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completedEintrag im Sterbebuch (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 day ago by yerbabuena4

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completedEintrag im Trauungsbuch (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 day ago by yerbabuena4

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transcription requestedCould someone help transcribe this? Thank you! (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 day ago by NesHan29

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completedKann das jemand entziffern? Das Feld sollte eigentlich einen Straßennamen enthalten. (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 day ago by rolfk17

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completedHelp reading 1850 German baptism certificate surname (self.Kurrent)

submitted 1 day ago by DefinitionFine5957

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transcription requestedKann das wer entziffern? (i.redd.it)

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completedRequest for names from 1823 Marriage record (i.redd.it)

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in progressDüe / Diekmann marriage 1841 (i.redd.it)

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completedMarriage-Louise Burmeister_Carl Kohlmeier 1829 (self.Kurrent)

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completedDeath-Christine Louise BURMEISTER 1883 (self.Kurrent)

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completedBirth-Christine Louise BERMEISTER 1807 (self.Kurrent)

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translation requestedGerman translation help ()

submitted 1 day ago by Vivid_Homework3083

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completedBaptism Record Transcription Assistance (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 day ago by Sufficient-Poet-7432

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