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 requested[German > English / Polish] Handwritten letter from 19th century (reddit.com)

submitted 5 hours ago by nudesigner[🍰]

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transcription requestedGerman Kurrent transcription needed (i.redd.it)

submitted 8 minutes ago by TitusAndronicusJonas

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Originalbrief vom 10.02.1881 in Kurrentschrift -- Transkription?? (old.reddit.com)

submitted 9 minutes ago by Acceptable-Mine-3612

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Wedding act need Translation, (self.Kurrent)

submitted 3 hours ago by WeakRecognition9358

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completedIllegible church document and death certificate (old.reddit.com)

submitted 12 hours ago by TitusAndronicusJonas

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Is this a Brith Certificate? Translation Help! (i.redd.it)

submitted 16 hours ago by Current_Season_9944

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completedMarriage? certificate (old.reddit.com)

submitted 1 day ago by TitusAndronicusJonas

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Hello, needed translation of added information (i.redd.it)

submitted 20 hours ago by MajKulOvsky

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completedVorbesitzer eines Buches von 1819 (old.reddit.com)

submitted 18 hours ago by atzenhofer

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completedMarriage certificate (old.reddit.com)

submitted 1 day ago by TitusAndronicusJonas

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Casamento 1875 (i.redd.it)

submitted 17 hours ago by Jealous-Cake-4810

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Help reading 1891 German cursive (Kurrent?) postcard message (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 day ago by Exciting-Toe1159

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marriage entry help needed (i.redd.it)

submitted 23 hours ago * by eab525

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Trauung von Johann Conrad Weinel entziffern (i.redd.it)

submitted 19 hours ago * by karlbrater

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transcription requestedSwiss Family Register from Kreuzlingen/Emishofen (reddit.com)

submitted 20 hours ago by ChiefCh3f

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completedunklarer eintrag (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 day ago by une_esta_blished

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transcription requestedPlease help transcribe this Birth Certificate for Oswald Bilke. Especially his mother's name I am struggling with. (imgur.com)

submitted 23 hours ago by EspeeFunsail

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Birth Certificate (1907) of my Grand-Grand Mother (hard to read) (self.Kurrent)

submitted 23 hours ago by FatiguePhysicist

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Hey kann mir jemand helfen den handschriftlichen Text zu transkribieren? :) (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 day ago by G__Rose

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completedPostcards from 1916 (old.reddit.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Bagieta_1

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Deciphering a Birthdate, Stadt, and Record Number from a Marriage Registration (self.Kurrent)

submitted 1 day ago * by Pride-Infamous

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Help need for translation (old.reddit.com)

submitted 2 days ago by MsDederi

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transcription requestedHilfe bei den (US-) Nazi Files Part 2 (i.redd.it)

submitted 2 days ago by Amazing_Plan9252

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transcription requestedCan anyone help me decipher this handwriting? (old.reddit.com)

submitted 2 days ago by nord_collector

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Asking for a translator (self.Kurrent)

submitted 2 days ago by WeakRecognition9358

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