Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Knappe

English translation:

miner

Added to glossary by Daniel Frisano
Sep 28, 2021 21:45
2 yrs ago
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German term

Knappe

German to English Other Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs Birth and baptism register
From a birth and baptism register from Gottschee (now Kočevje, southern Slovenia), anno 1903.

In a column headed by "Pathen / Stand" (godparents / condition or trade), among entries such as "Gastwirt", "Schuster", "Rauchfangkehrer", two of them are designated as "Knappe".

You can find the document here:
https://imgbb.com/sH4JBy8
(good luck trying to read it - I had to hire a transcriber)
Proposed translations (English)
3 +5 miner
2 +1 miner

Discussion

Daniel Frisano (asker) Sep 29, 2021:
In Wikipedia I read, "Lake Kočejve, a former open-pit coal mine, lies northeast of the town center", so that must be it.

Thanks to both answerers, I'll select the first answer because you can't award both.

Proposed translations

+5
21 mins
Selected

miner

Could be the word they used for a miner back then. That person probably worked "down the pit".

"Als Knappe, oder auch Bergknappe, bezeichnete man früher im Bergbau einen Bergmann, der unter Tage arbeitete. Später wurde dann ein Bergmann, der seine Lehre erfolgreich abgeschlossen hatte, als Bergknappe bezeichnet. Der Beruf Knappe war ein Ausbildungsberuf im Bergbau, die Lehrzeit dauerte drei Jahre."

https://www.google.de/search?q=Knappe als Berufsbezeichnung&...
Peer comment(s):

agree Cilian O'Tuama : Du warst schneller. War aber knapp.
4 mins
Danke. So knapp wie der Sieg der SPD bei der Bundestagswahl
agree Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X)
8 hrs
agree Steffen Walter : https://www.wortbedeutung.info/Schicht_im_Schacht ;-)
8 hrs
agree Ramey Rieger (X)
9 hrs
agree British Diana : Ja, siehe:Deutsche Rentenversicherung Knappschaft-Bahn-See
18 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to both."
+1
25 mins

miner

Seeing as the others (Gastwirt etc.) are occupations, maybe they were miners?

Knappschaft f (Bergbau) body of miners - Langenscheidt

Knappschaft:
Der Begriff leitet sich von einem Zusammenschluss von Knappen her.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knappschaft
Peer comment(s):

agree Steffen Walter : A miner delay in your answer, isn't it?
12 hrs
Oh never mined.
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