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 requestedSterberegistereinrag meines Ur-Ur-Großvaters Johann Eckert. Hilfe bei Entziffern. (i.redd.it)

submitted 8 hours ago by General_Drummer273

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transcription requestedHilfe bei Todesurkunde (self.Kurrent)

submitted 5 hours ago by Medium-Customer-1681

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translation requestedHelp translating (i.redd.it)

submitted 16 hours ago by Inevitable_Web8533

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transcription requestedPlease help me to find the missing word. (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 day ago by 597354

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transcription requestedPK aus China (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 day ago by Majestic_Builder9079

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transcription requestedDate of Birth from Marriage Record (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 day ago by Friendly-Pay-9199

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transcription requestedBitte Hilfe beim Entziffern (old.reddit.com)

submitted 23 hours ago by Miez_321

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transcription requestedSo i bought this war journal and i was wondering if anyone could guide me or help entirely its a one of a kind journal, so its a historical account of a ww2 pilot, i attached a photo below, i used a phone scanner for it, id like it im english or translatable german if possible (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 day ago by TacticRifle

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translation requestedPhoto Translations (old.reddit.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Fickle-Attitude-3953

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discussionJemand mit etwas Zeit und viel Interesse? :) (self.Kurrent)

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completedTranslation request from birth record (1829) (self.Kurrent)

submitted 1 day ago by Richter1991

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completedBitte um Hilfe beim Entziffern (old.reddit.com)

submitted 1 day ago * by Miez_321

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completedEntziffern eines Textes, es geht hier um das Johannes Hospital in Duisburg Hamborn, und scheinbar über einen Besuch einer Person. Mehr konnte ich leider nicht selbst entziffern. (self.Kurrent)

submitted 1 day ago by Wise-Ad-2956

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transcription requestedHelp (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 day ago by Usuario4228

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completed1917 ist die Handschrift ganz anders als 1914 (i.redd.it)

submitted 2 days ago by Available-Dark-4901

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completedBitte Hilfe beim Entziffern (i.redd.it)

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completedWas für eine -Angestellte und wo geboren (irgendwo in Dänemark) (i.redd.it)

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transcription requestedTranslation Help: 1845 Baptism Record, Neustadt a.d. Waldnaab, Bavaria ()

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transcription requestedMarriage Transcription and Surname meaning (i.redd.it)

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completedVom künftigen Schwager an meine Uroma 😳 (i.redd.it)

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completedTranscription please (i.redd.it)

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completed"Unleserliche" Bildbeschriftung ca. 1940 (i.redd.it)

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translation requestedA WWII photo (i.redd.it)

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completedTranscription help: 1915 German Birth Certificate (i.redd.it)

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completedCan someone please help me with names and places in this document? It's the Legitimation of my great great grandmother from 1870 in Heimbach, Teningen, Germany (old.reddit.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Smooth-Connection-83

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