Castel terms and other words/terms in German and their translations.
 This is an area I readily admit my terrible weakness. In spite of a lifetime of off-and-on attempts my German is and will probably always be at a very base level. I believe the translations below are pretty accurate, but I am certainly open to correction. In fact I felt that getting this page into the system was important enough that I haven't really edited it much, so that it looks much like I initially created it. Forgive me, I will clean it up in time. For your own peace of mind use this only as a starting point.
Word/Term Translation
Abtei abbey
Adel nobility
äussersten most extreme
Ausstattung furnishings
Bedeuten (d) (ung) significant, important
Bering outer ring wall
besiedelt settled
bewahrt proven
bewegtem eventful
Burggraf castle count
Burg castle
edel (freien) noble (free noble?)
eigen on one's own authority
eindrucksvolle impressive
enthält contained
Entstehung origin
Erbe inheritance
eroberte conquer
erscheint appeared
Erstrecken Stretch
erwähnt mentioned
Fehde fued
fortschrittlichsten progressive
freien free
galt/gelten in legal force, the force of law
Gelegene retinue
genehmigen/genehmigte Approval/approved
Geschlect dynasty, family line
Gewalt power
gleich / gleichen similar
Graf Count
grossartig spledid
Gründete/gegründete Found/Founded
halbrund half round
Halbrundtürmen half round tower
Hauptstamm central family
hinblick in view of
Hof / Höfe court (yard)
inne occupied
kostbare precious
Landesherren soveriegn prince
Langrafen landgrave
Lehen/belehnt fief/enfeofed
mächtigen Powerful
Machtposition powerful position, postion of...
Markgraf Margrave
nannte/nennenden name/named
offenzuhalten keep open
Pfalzgraf count Palatinate
ragen/ragt rise up
Sagenach Legend (?)
Schenker/Schenkung/schenkte donator/gift/gave
schlichter simple
Schloss mansion, palace, or manor
sicherung/ sicher protection
sichtbar visible
spöttisch mocking
stattlicher well built
streit struggle
Stützpunkt base (of operations)
Tafellehen A fief - probably which pays in crops
Thron throne
Überlieferung written record
umfangreiche substantial
Umriss outline
Ungarn Hungarian
unterstützen support
vehrkehrs traffic/movement control
vermutlich supposedly
verpfändet mortgaged
Verpflichtung obligation
Vögte constables
vollständig complete
Vorsprung ledge
warscheinlich probable
wodurch how, in what way
Wohnturm residential tower
zerstört destroyed
zuruchreichen hand back
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