| Adel | gentry, nobleman |
| Altbürger | full citizen |
| Amman | bailiff, magistrate |
| Anbauer | peasant |
| Angeber | informant |
| Anspanner | farmer who owns draft horses |
| Arbeiter | laborer, worker |
| Bäcker | baker |
| Bauer | farmer, peasant |
| Beamter | official registrar |
| Bergmann | miner |
| Bettler | beggar |
| Bootsmann | bargeman, boatman |
| Böttcher | cooper, barrel maker |
| Brauer | brewer |
| Büdner | cottager |
| Bürger | citizen |
| Bürgermeister | mayor |
| Büttner | cooper, barrel maker |
| Colonist | settler, tenant farmer |
| Diener | servant |
| Dienerin | domestic maid |
| Dienstmagd | servant girl |
| Droscher | driver |
| Eidam (Eidmann) | son-in-law |
| Eigentümer | proprietor |
| Einlieger | landless farm laborer |
| Einsender | informant, declarant |
| Fabrikant | manufacturer |
| Färber | dyer |
| Faßbinder | cooper, barrel maker |
| Fischer | fisher |
| Fleischer | butcher |
| Fleischhauer | butcher |
| Förster | forester |
| Freibauer | farmer who owns his own land |
| Freiherr | baron |
| Gärtner | gardener |
| Gastwirt | innkeeper |
| Gatte | husband |
| Gattin | wife |
| Geistlicher | clergyman |
| Gemahl(in) | husband (wife) |
| Gerber | tanner |
| Gericht | court |
| Gerichtsmann | juryman |
| Gerichtsschreiber | court clerk |
| Gerichtsverwandter | member of the judicial court |
| Geselle | journeyman |
| Getraute | married couple |
| Gevatter | godfather |
| Graf | count (nobleman), earl |
| Halbhüfner | half share farmer |
| Händler | trader, merchant, peddler |
| Häusler | cottager |
| Hausmädchen | housemaid |
| Hebamme | midwife |
| Heuerling | day worker, hireling |
| Hirt | herdsman |
| Hof Knecht | farmhand |
| Hofprediger | chaplain |
| Holländer | dutchman, dairy keeper |
| Hüfner | farmer |
| Hufschmied | blacksmith |
| Jäger | hunter |
| Jungfrau, Jungfer | maiden, virgin, unmarried woman |
| Jugend | youth, adolescence |
| Junge | boy, a youth |
| Junggeselle | bachelor |
| Jüngling | young man |
| Kantor | choirmaster, organist |
| Kaufmann | merchant |
| Kind | baby, child |
| Kirchenältester | churchwarden, church elder, vestryman |
| Kirchenvorsteher | churchwarden |
| Kirchrat | member of a church council |
| Knabe | boy |
| Knecht | farm laborer, servant, farmhand |
| Krämer | grocer |
| Küfer | cooper, barrel maker |
| Kuhhirte | cow herder |
| Kupferschmied | coppersmith |
| Küster | sexton, parish clerk |
| Landarbeiter | farmhand |
| Landwirt | farmer |
| Lehrer | teacher |
| Lehrjunge | apprentice (male) |
| Lehrmädchen | apprentice (female) |
| Lehrling | apprentice |
| Mädchen, Mädel | girl |
| Magd | maiden, maid, servant girl |
| Mägdlein | girl |
| Maler | painter |
| Maurer | mason, bricklayer |
| Meister | master |
| Metzger | butcher |
| Müller | miller |
| Näherin | seamstress |
| Nebenfrau | concubine |
| Pächter | leaseholder |
| Pfarrer | pastor |
| Ratsherr | alderman |
| Ratsmann | councilman |
| relicta | widow |
| relictus | widower |
| Richter | judge |
| Sattler | leather worker, saddler |
| Schäfer | sheep herder |
| Schlosser | locksmith |
| Schmied | blacksmith |
| Schneider | tailor |
| Schreiber | scribe, clerk |
| Schreiner | cabinetmaker |
| Schuhmacher | shoemaker |
| Schullehrer | schoolteacher |
| Schulmeister | schoolmaster |
| Schultheiß (Schulze) | village mayor, head of town council |
| Schuster | shoemaker, cobbler |
| Seemann | sailor |
| Seifensieder | soap maker |
| Seiler | rope maker |
| Soldat | soldier |
| Tagelöhner | day laborer |
| Tischler | cabinetmaker, furniture maker |
| Töpfer | potter |
| Totengräber | grave digger |
| Tuchmacher | cloth maker |
| Unterrichter | judge |
| ux., uxor | wife |
| Verkäufer | seller, vendor |
| Verpächter | landlord, lesser |
| Vogt | steward, overseer |
| Wagner | cartwright |
| Weber | weaver |
| Wehmutter | midwife |
| Weib | wife, woman |
| Weiler | hamlet |
| Weißgerber | tanner |
| Wirt(h) | innkeeper |
| Witwe | widow |
| Witwer | widower |
| Ziegler | brick maker |
| Zimmermann | carpenter |
| Zöllner | tax collector |