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German to English History Translation Glossary

German term		English translation
Hören wir, wer wem anlässlich einer Firmung eine Ohrfeige verpasst hat		Let's listen to find out who slapped whom during a confirmation

heidnisch		classical / secular

Heimeinkauf		buy their way into a home/pay their share towards a place in a home

heimwehrverband		home guard

Herr von Welt		man of the world

Herrschaft		(territorial) lordship	Steffen Walter
Entered by: Steffen Walter
Herrschaft		the master	Edwin Miles
Entered by: Edwin Miles
Herrschaftsbildung		ruling entity/ruling establishment/dominion

Herrschaftsgericht		seat of the seignorial court	Arne Marko
Entered by: Arne Marko
Herrscher ohne Reich		rulers without a realm // rulers without realm

Herrschertugend		sovereign virtues

herumfackeln		to beat around the bush

Hetären		hetaera/hetaeras or hetaerae

Hie gut ... allewege		fare thee well (upon thy way)

Hildesheimer Stiftsfehde		Hildesheim Diocesan Feud	Alison Kirkland
Entered by: Alison Kirkland
Himmelsstrich (hort/hist.; landscaping device in avenues/allées		ribbon (strip, band, fillet, streak; dep. on width & course, meandering? Straight?) of sky (between lines of avenue trees)

hinführo		henceforth

Historikerzunft		community of historians

Hoffourier		Court Quartermaster or Court Harbinger

Hofkorbmacher		basket maker to the court

Hofschmiede		official blacksmith (to the institution)	Yuu Andou
Entered by: Yuu Andou
Hufe		hide

Hut voll		hatful	Yuu Andou
Entered by: Yuu Andou
Illatenverschreibung		Dowry \'Hire\' Agreement (Covenant)

in der etwas versteckt gelegenen....längst nicht Standard		tucked away/hard to find ... not the standard by any means

in Differenzen .... zu deutschen Stellen niederschlug		was reflected in the differences with the German administration

in ihrer Linie		in their aim	Martina Keskintepe
Entered by: Martina Keskintepe
in seine Verantwortung übernehmen		take (on) the responsibility for it

Inlandsberichterstattung		domestic intelligence

ins Gewehr treten		Shoulder arms	Peter Downes
Entered by: Peter Downes
interesselos-akademisch		purely academic

Irrfahrten		vicissitudes of a life in exile

Isai(s)		Jesse

Italiker		ancient Italic peoples

Jahrgang (Zeitschriften etc.)		volume

Juchhe		the gods/nosebleed seats	jccantrell
Entered by: jccantrell
Jungvolk		young people (Hitler Youth)

Kaiserliche Hoheit		Imperial Highness

Kaiserliches Deutsches Generalgouvernement Belgien (Belg.-Deutsches Gen.)		Imperial German General Government of Belgium

Kaiserzeit		pre-WWI era

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